North Dakota company awarded contract to build border wall

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Houston Chronicle 12/2/2019

A North Dakota company has been awarded a contract to help build a border wall in Yuma, Arizona.

U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer said Monday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a border wall contract to Fisher Sand and Gravel of Dickinson.

Fisher will receive nearly $270 million of a $400 million contract. Cramer says the contract will go toward designing and building physical barriers along about 31 miles (49.9 kilometers) of the southern border in Yuma.

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North Dakota company that Trump touted gets $400 million border wall contract

Greenwich Time by Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey  12/2/2019

https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/North-Dakota-company-that-Trump-touted-gets-400-14877071.php

A company that President Donald Trump urged military officials to hire for border wall construction has been awarded a $400 million contract to build a span of new barrier across an Arizona wildlife refuge, according to a Department of Defense announcement Monday.

Trump has repeatedly pushed for Fisher to get a wall-building contract, urging officials with the Army Corps of Engineers to pick the firm - only to be told Fisher's bids did not meet standards. Trump's entreaties on behalf of the company have concerned some officials who are unaccustomed to the president getting personally involved in the intricacies of government contracting.

Trump has been enamored with Tommy Fisher, the company's CEO who has made appearances on Fox News to promote his firm and insist it would do a better job than those the government had already chosen. The company's attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment late Monday.