Trump Donor Tim Barnard's Company Awarded Billions for Big Bend Project
Summary
Barnard Construction Company, led by Tim Barnard, a major donor to President Donald Trump, has received billions of dollars in federal contracts to build border barrier projects in Texas. The company has secured nearly $2 billion specifically for construction in the Big Bend region of West Texas.Key Facts
- Barnard Construction Company is a Montana-based heavy-civil construction firm founded in 1975 by Tim Barnard.
- Tim Barnard and his wife donated $1 million to political committees supporting President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign.
- The company has won over $5.6 billion in federal contracts for border wall construction during President Trump’s second term.
- In March 2026, the Department of Homeland Security awarded Barnard a nearly $1 billion contract for a project in Terlingua, Texas.
- Additional contracts totaling about $1.6 billion were also awarded in Hudspeth County and near Del Rio, Texas.
- A competing company, Posillico Civil, filed then dropped a lawsuit claiming unfair contract distribution benefiting Barnard Construction and Fisher Sand & Gravel.
- Barnard Construction’s border wall work includes building barriers along the Rio Grande in West Texas counties.
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