Vendors selected to build Border Wall prototypes

      The Trump Administration announced awards for construction of concrete prototypes of the Border Wall. The four contracts are about $500,000 each.

      The companies are Caddell Construction Co.LLC, Montgomery, AL; Fisher Sand & Gravel Co., DBA Fisher Industries, Tempe, AZ; Texas Sterling Construction Co., Houston, TX; and WG Yates & Sons Construction Co., Philadelphia, MS.

      Work on the 20-foot-high structures will take place in San Diego.

      Congress allotted $20 million for prototypes but nothing yet for the border wall. Four more prototypes with different materials are expected to be awarded shortly.

USCIS consolidates in move to Camp Springs, MD

      GSA signed a new lease agreement for the headquarters of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Camp Springs, MD, USCIS said in a press release.

      USCIS will consolidate from six locations into a single facility.

      The lease is for 574,767 rentable square feet for a term of 15 years.

      The new leased headquarters will save the agency $21.4 million in annual leased savings in the first year and reduce its footprint by 128,000 square feet, USCIS said.

      USCIS Acting Director James W. McCament said the new “world-class facility will centralize our headquarters operations for the first time in our history, allowing us to collaborate with greater effectiveness."

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