Trump’s White House will also have a helipad

After the large room for receptions they golden stuccos in Oval Office, Donald Trump has decided to introduce another innovation to the White House: and heliport. This was revealed by Washington Post.

The construction of landing strip of the Marine One it has already begun behind high barriers that hide the work from view. A substantial financial contribution, 5 million dollars, will come from the company Lockheed Martin whose aircraft have created a so far unsolved problem.

Technical problem of the new helicopters

The new generation of helicopters Marine Onei VH-92A Patriot produced by Sikorsky Aircrafthave very low discharges that burn the lawn grass of the White House. The Lockheed studied for years how to resolve the issue, but in the end it was decided to circumvent it by creating the landing strip close to South Portico.

Tradition and choices of administrations

Past administrations had also considered building a heliportbut they had always abandoned them among other things because there would no longer be the iconic images of a president of the United States who climbs into a helicopter on the grassy surface of the White House. Trump he didn’t care. And moreover he showed no attachment to tradition even when it came to paving the Rose Garden and knock down the east wing of the residence to make room for a reception room.

Contract for the new hall

Precisely on this, always the Post revealed that the administration Trump he secretly awarded last year a direct procurement from 500 million for the theater, without the normal procurement procedures, to Clark Construction. The practice went through theExecutive Residencean office that is not required to comply with the requirement for federal agencies to solicit competitive bids and disclose details to the public. It usually deals with ordinary maintenance and not with such major investments. According to documents obtained by Postthe president Donald Trump was directly involved in the negotiations on some expenditure items. The dossier seen by Wp does not clarify the profit margin of Clark for the entire project, but a March document reports an estimate of 65 million.