Founded in 1970 by Verl and Margaret Sanders, Sanders Construction provides drilling and blasting services for residential and commercial developments, golf courses, resort hotels and casinos, utilities, roads, mines, quarries and public works projects. The company also provides a wide variety of site preparation services. The company targets customers in southern Nevada. Sanders Construction also owns and operates Western States Drilling and Blasting. The company provides many of the same services as its parent to developers, builders, governmental subdivisions and various customers in Utah, Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming. Sanders Construction and its subsidiary, Western States Drilling and Blasting, maintains their headquarters in Henderson, Nev.