{"id":10990,"date":"2017-03-17T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/customs-and-border-protection-outlines-border-wall-requirements\/"},"modified":"2017-03-17T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T06:20:00","slug":"customs-and-border-protection-outlines-border-wall-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/customs-and-border-protection-outlines-border-wall-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Customs And Border Protection Outlines Border Wall Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is asking for design proposals and prototypes of President Trump’s proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n

Late Friday, the agency released specifics for the first time on how tough the barrier must be. CBP posted online two different options for contractors: one proposal must be for a solid concrete wall<\/a>, another is for a wall with “a see-through component\/capability<\/a>” that is “operationally advantageous.”<\/p>\n

“The wall design shall be physically imposing in height,” the CBP outlines say. The government says its “nominal concept” is for a 30-foot-high wall, but adds that designs as low as 18 feet “may be acceptable.”<\/p>\n

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The proposal document asks contractors for 30-foot-long prototypes and mock-ups of 10 feet by 10 feet.<\/p>\n

A CBP official told NPR’s John Burnett that contractors will have to make mock-ups of their ideas in San Diego. “It’s a way for the agency to identify designs. We’re looking for industry’s designs, to take a fresh look at the wall. We’ll have industry propose and then we’ll down-select.”<\/p>\n

The CBP, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, requires the wall designs to be impossible for humans to climb without a ladder. It wants proposals that will prevent people from tunneling underneath by at least 6 feet underground.<\/p>\n

The government outlines the types of things both types of walls have to stand up to: “sledgehammer, car jack, pick axe, chisel, battery operated impact tools, battery operated cutting tools, Oxy\/acetylene torch or other similar hand-held tools.”<\/p>\n