{"id":29571,"date":"2025-03-19T02:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/granite-nabs-first-border-wall-job-under-trump-2-0\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T02:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:40:23","slug":"granite-nabs-first-border-wall-job-under-trump-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/granite-nabs-first-border-wall-job-under-trump-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Granite nabs first border wall job under Trump 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/images\/audio_icon.svg?482016190122\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1742316793\/news\/text_to_speech\/granite-first-border-wall-construction-trump_aecab8.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ed-secondary-content-box ed-secondary-content-box--expandable\">\n<p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Award: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span>Border wall<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Value: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$70 million<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Location: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span><span>Hidalgo County, Texas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Client: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span><span><span>U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>U.S. Customs and Border Protection <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/national-media-release\/cbp-awards-first-border-wall-contract-president-trumps-second-term\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>awarded the first border wall contract<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term to Granite Construction, according to a March 15 news release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>As part of the $70 million job, the Watsonville, California-based firm will build approximately 7 miles of new border barriers in Hidalgo County, Texas, in the U.S. Border Patrol\u2019s Rio Grande Valley Sector. The project will \u201cclose critical openings in the border wall\u201d and support the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s efforts to stop illegal border crossings and smuggling, according to the release. It is funded with CBP\u2019s fiscal year 2021 money.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The U.S.-Mexico wall has been a signature issue for Trump, and he has also <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/trump-immigration-construction-workers-visas\/738744\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>ramped up efforts to arrest and deport<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> people unauthorized to be in the U.S. since assuming office.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The DHS is working to implement Trump\u2019s Jan. 20 executive orders titled \u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/securing-our-borders\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Securing our Borders<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201d and \u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/declaring-a-national-emergency-at-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>,\u201d which direct the Secretary of Defense to \u201ctake all appropriate actions\u201d to construct physical barriers to ensure complete operational control of the southern border, per the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>About 458 miles of fencing and other <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2023\/aug\/09\/donald-trump\/how-many-miles-of-border-wall-did-donald-trump-bui\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>barriers were built in multiple states<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> along the nearly 2,000-mile southern border in Trump\u2019s first term, according to Politifact\u2019s analysis of CBP data. The bulk of this work involved updating or replacing existing barriers; the amount of new primary border barriers the federal government built extended 52 miles.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Former President Joe Biden pledged to stop the effort when he assumed office, but later <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/texas-border-wall-biden-waiver\/695913\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>fast-tracked border wall construction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in South Texas, filled wall gaps near Yuma, Arizona, and spent <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/6-us-mexico-border-projects-biden-funded-iija-infrastructure-act\/628672\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>billions to shore up<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/border-project-clean-construction\/710545\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>build out border stations<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also continued to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2025\/01\/23\/greg-abbott-border-security-11-billion-reimbursement\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>build about 50 miles of wall<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> during the Biden years, to the tune of $3 billion, according to the Texas Tribune.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>This Hidalgo County project is not Granite\u2019s first border wall job. The company landed numerous contracts over the years to construct border fences, including in <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kold.com\/story\/14442314\/new-b\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Nogales, Arizona<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.benham.com\/portfolio\/border-barrier-fence-along-usmexican-border\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Imperial, California<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>; and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elpasotimes.com\/story\/archives\/2017\/01\/25\/border-fence-county-cost-220-million\/97045610\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>El Paso, Texas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, according to local reports.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/granite-first-border-wall-construction-trump\/742824\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. 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