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The Calexico Land Port of Entry Phase 2B is a $214M GSA design-build modernization award to Hensel Phelps. Federal border infrastructure of this scale operates under heightened security protocols during construction, with active perimeter control, equipment lay-down yards, and extended work zones spanning years rather than months. The multi-phase footprint and border-adjacent location align with surveillance camera arrays, vehicle barriers at access points, and mobile surveillance towers for temporary perimeter coverage during earthwork and foundation phases before permanent infrastructure hardens. The award appears in USAspending but lacks a posted date in the source record, likely indicating a recent obligation still propagating through federal transparency systems. Design-build awards on border infrastructure typically move from contract signature to mobilization within 90-120 days. The signal is post-award, which compresses the window, but GSA projects of this magnitude often carve out site-security as a separate line item negotiated during mobilization rather than bundled in the base contract. The timing is second-tier but workable if the approach lands before the GC finalizes subcontractor stack. Los Angeles branch is the nearest at 164 miles, inside the 300-mile coverage radius. No warm-intro path exists in the current customer footprint. The recommended first contact is Hensel Phelps' project security manager or site superintendent, roles that typically own temporary-security procurement on federal jobs. Lead with mobile-tower availability for the lay-down and early earthwork phases, and reference GSA's preference for documented perimeter-monitoring solutions on border-adjacent sites.