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$512,334,000

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Customs and Border Protection

to GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

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WORK BEGAN2026-03-09·LATEST ACTION2026-03-09·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70B01C26F00000165_7014_70B01C26D00000004_7014
Award description

BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION- VERTICAL BARRIER, LAREDO TEXAS SECTOR, LRT-4

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

The Buildout's read

What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Construction of vertical barrier wall in Laredo, Texas border sector under CBP authority.

Sub-sectors
border-securitycbp-infrastructurephysical-barriers
Why this matters

Part of ongoing U.S. southern border infrastructure modernization; $512M commitment signals sustained federal investment in physical border security assets.

Supply-chain signal

Large construction contract will drive demand for steel, concrete, heavy equipment, and labor in Texas border region; supplier base likely domestic given security-sensitive nature.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002683.

Period of performance
Start
2026-03-09
End
2027-06-22
Status
activein 357 days
Sources

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