Contractors have completed concrete and steel prototype wall assemblies for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at a San Diego plot along the U.S.-Mexico border. CBP staff is scheduled to conclude by year’s end testing and evaluation of the finished structures to determine which wall design elements meet the agency’s needs for large scale installations. Officials are especially keen on the prototype structures’ anti-breaching, -climbing and -digging capabilities; impedance and denial of traffic; and, degree of safety for border patrol agents.
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