ControlBlast

The cost of inaccuracy: why empirical blast design is no longer enough.

Blasting in urban or infrastructure-heavy environments comes with high risks of damage. Traditional methods rely heavily on human expertise and conservative empirical methods—often resulting in overbreaks, underblasting, inconsistent ground vibrations, or costly damage to nearby structures. The industry struggles with:

As cities densify and infrastructure demands grow, there’s an urgent need for tools that ensure precision, reduce waste, and accelerate execution while maintaining safety and compliance.

ControlBlast delivers precision and real-time risk control.

The core of the solution lies in its ability to analyse vast datasets, comprising historical blast and vibration parameters, to generate optimized blast plans with corresponding site velocity limits, aiming at reducing the risk of damage with improved precision, and enhancing operational efficiency. The AI model accounts for numerous variables, including geology, blast geometry, environmental constraints, and safety thresholds, enabling decision-making that is both rapid and evidence-based.
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ControlBlast offers three products:

Blast vibration control is often handled with Excel sheets and manual calculations, making it slow, inconsistent, and hard to trust. ControlBlast Vibration replaces these workflows with a digital vibration model that provides reliable predictions before every blast. It is quick to get started, requires no project-specific setup, and gives better insight than traditional methods. It is designed for blasting engineers and contractors who need a simple, compliant, day-to-day vibration tool with a low entry threshold.

When vibration limits begin to restrict production or affect quality, basic vibration control is no longer enough. ControlBlast Optimization builds on vibration data to actively optimize charging and blast design when needed. It is activated as an add-on and used selectively, focusing effort where it creates real value. This product is for teams that need more control and flexibility when vibration becomes a limiting factor in operations.

Complex, long-term projects with high sensitivity require more than standard tools and generic models. ControlBlast PRO is a project-based enterprise solution that combines vibration and optimization in a calibrated, project-specific model. It includes expert setup, calibration, and continuous refinement over time. It is intended for large or critical projects where risk, complexity, and accountability demand a tailored solution delivered through close collaboration.

Built for collaboration, evolving for scale

ControlBlast originated from a mining-induced seismic hazards research and development approach but evolved into a general-purpose tool for civil infrastructure projects, driven by demand from public and private stakeholders.
The platform supports collaborative design, automated documentation, and blast plan visualization, giving everyone from engineers to clients a shared understanding of risks and savings.
 
Importantly, ControlBlast acts as a digital knowledge layer, capturing and encoding the experience of expert blasters and engineers into a scalable, intelligent system. This reduces reliance on manual expertise and supports knowledge transfer across teams and generations. The tool adapts continuously as it ingests more data, meaning its recommendations become more accurate and site-specific over time.

Next versions will expand capabilities into displacement, acceleration, frequency, and geospatial visualization.