We Built the 2006-2007 Wall: 'Over 100 Miles in 90 Days'

We built over 100 miles in only 90 days," explains James Bonk. Bonk was a consultant and manager among the team of companies who in 2006-2008 built and extended much of the border wall that already exists today along the USA's southern border with Mexico, in the Goldwater and Yuma sectors. The prime contractor was Boeing, but there were many subcontractors. More recently, Bonk has been involved in planning border walls in Spain and in Israel. He has worked with a variety of major companies and different engineering designs for fences and barriers.

Actual experience in building miles of border wall argues for a so-called Bollard wall or fence, or the design of vertical steel rods or "slats" (perhaps some other metal, but metal) promoted by Trump more recently. ("Bollards are upright steel posts mounted in or alongside roads and parking lots to control, direct, or obstruct vehicular traffic or impact," says the Long Fence Co.)

James Bonk came to speak at the Northern Virginia Tea Party, skeptical of discussions about Trump's border wall being solid concrete slabs. From his years of experience, transporting giant concrete slabs to the middle of nowhere would be expensive and inefficient. He has worked on concrete wall projects but would not recommend that design on the wilderness frontier. Mixing and pouring concrete slabs on site in the middle of nowhere would be difficult. Logistics and transport of components are an important part of any such project.

Opponents of a border wall keep saying we must listen to experts. Along with border patrol agents on duty, those experts include those like James Bonk, who have actually built the parts of the border wall we have now. But those experts and border patrol agents on site are calling for a metal wall of vertical pipes or slats they can see through, which is exactly what Trump is now promoting.

James Bonk is concerned that bureaucrats a decade ago sabotaged and undermined the project with "designed to fail" illogical requirements and that ideas being discussed today are similarly aimed at intentionally failing in the project. The wall-building project abruptly stopped when Barack Obama became president. Nevertheless, despite the hindrances, they successfully built hundreds of miles. This author asked James Bonk about the problems of building in or near the Rio Grande in the flood plains along the border of Texas. Not even remotely a problem was among the lessons learned from experience. A concrete foundation would not need to be laid in the lowlands.

One of the best techniques would be to dig a trench and then bury a steel "footer" deep into the ground. The metal plate serving as the buried foundation would have legs or wings out to each side to make the wall stay upright. The vertical slats or pipes forming the actual fence or wall would then be welded or bolted into the footer. A second level of footer may be added with side legs or wings just beneath the ground level. Then the entire footer is buried.

Another design involves massive metal bases seated into the ground by pile-drivers. Each such base attaches to one large vertical pipe or a section of vertical fence.

This design will allow flood waters to freely flow through the openings without obstruction. Strong winds would flow through easily. Irrigation channels or pipes can be installed through the fence to bring water from the river to farmers and ranchers.

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Hmmm 6 teams 2 per state, start at end points and move to the centerpoint 100 x 6 in 90 days would be 600 miles, that is what a bit more than 180 days to do the entire 2100ish miles, and that is if we are replacing all of what is up. I am not sure the “wall” will be be uniform at this point, but I am willing to let that go. However these 30 foot steel units could be pre-fab’d and welded on site, man I can envision these things being built and installed real quick with dedicated 24/7 crews. Scare the living bhajeezus out of the Prog Left with an effort an determination that would make the guys landing on D-Day proud, aka an absolutely overwhelming force coming to get it done.

Your calculations show 180 days.

Based on the usual rule of thumb (Twice as long, twice as expensive as estimated) it could still be done in a year.

IF Trump doesn't get re-elected for whatever reason, his usurper would be presented with a fait accompli...

I'm in.

Have you donated to We The People Will Build the Wall? I have.

Skip the Starbux one day this week and throw the wall a couple bones!

My vote: Let’s get 16 teams working simultaneously for 90 days. They can build the remaining 1600 miles of wall and solve this problem. Then we can shift our resources to deporting the illegals who are already here, not deporting hundreds per month but deporting them by the millions. Deport all illegals. No exceptions. If we need more immigrants and that would help our country and especially working Americans, then they can come in legally.

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