New Engineering Report Finds Privately Built Border Wall Will Fail

[babylonsister]

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/09/new-engineering-report-finds-privately-built-border-wall-will-fail/

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New Engineering Report Finds Privately Built Border Wall Will Fail
The report, set to be filed in federal court this week, confirms that portions of the wall are in danger of overturning if not fixed.
Jeremy Schwartz
Perla Trevizo
This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.


It’s not a matter of if a privately built border fence along the shores of the Rio Grande will fail, it’s a matter of when, according to a new engineering report on the troubled project.

The report is one of two new studies set to be filed in federal court this week that found numerous deficiencies in the 3-mile border fence, built this year by North Dakota-based Fisher Sand and Gravel. The reports confirm earlier reporting from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, which found that segments of the structure were in danger of overturning due to extensive erosion if not fixed and properly maintained. Fisher dismissed the concerns as normal post-construction issues.

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Company president Tommy Fisher, a frequent guest on Fox News, had called the Rio Grande fence the “Lamborghini” of border walls and bragged that his company’s methods could help Trump reach his Election Day goal of about 500 new miles of barriers along the southern border.

[onethatcares]

1. is it true

he's called "Tommy Lamborghini" by his close associates? I heard that somewhere being repeated by many people.

[Takket]

2. I kind of hope people just start blasting holes in the damn thing

[hedda_foil]

3. The same company was awarded a 1.28B contract from the government.

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2020/05/19/Fisher-Sand-Gravel-awarded-128B-for-border-wall-construction/5091589933625/

Fisher Sand & Gravel awarded $1.28B for border wall construction
May 19 (UPI) -- A North Dakota construction company that drew scrutiny for a previous contract won a $1.28 billion border wall construction contract earlier in May.


Fisher Sand & Gravel's new contract was not announced by the Department of Defense, which has awarded several border wall contracts, or by Customs & Border Patrol, but was reported by the Arizona Daily Star.

It's set to fund about 42 miles of border wall in Arizona, from Nogales to the eastern boundary of the Tohono O'odham Nation.

In December Fisher Sand & Gravel was awarded $400 million to build a wall near Yuma County, Ariz.

The company's CEO, Tommy Fisher, publicly campaigned for wall contracts and paid $145,000 to discuss the border wall with lawmakers and the Army Corps of Engineers.

Fisher's campaign has provoked public admiration from President Donald Trump, but also accusations of undue influence from Democrats -- and an audit from the Pentagon's inspector general, which officials say is still ongoing.