One of the most critical pieces of infrastructure today are our roads and highways. Millions of miles of asphalt and concrete make these roadways nice and smooth for us to drive on. Mountains, hills and valleys make the construction of these roads more difficult, especially when there is solid rock in the way. Mountains are sliced through and used to fill the valleys so the roads will be more level. Presplitting is often used to control the highwalls. Millions of pounds of explosives are used every year for this.

Lafferty Blasting has completed numerous challenging and high-visibility drill and blast projects, from blasting storm water basins on active interstates to cutting mountain access roads, and service roads for utility projects. We have created miles of pre-split blasts and millions of yards of blasted material to create roads in mountains, on plains and through cities.