Mort's Dust & Erosion CTRL Inc.

The state insures Mort's under its asphalt paving and roadway class, which fits the services the company advertises: dust control on gravel and unpaved surfaces, erosion control, and brine and de-icing work when the roads freeze. Public-works filings run from 2008 to 2023, mostly as a subcontractor, with the Cities of Palouse and Spokane and Adams County among the agencies. The crew is small, one to three people by the state's count, with the owner on the work. The state lists David and Denise Lawless as principals since 2007, and Nicole and Jackson Pring since 2023. This is a contractor for private roads, rural lanes, industrial yards and active construction sites, and for general contractors who need dust or erosion control handled on a job. Mort's usually works under a prime contractor rather than directly for homeowners. Despite the landscaping listing, residential lawn and sprinkler work isn't what the record points to, and building construction is outside the mix. For this kind of work, the size of the job changes who you call. Treating a dusty driveway or a short shared gravel road ahead of a dry Spokane Valley summer is a contained job a small road-maintenance outfit can take directly. Erosion control on a hillside lot being graded, or stormwater measures tied to a building permit, usually runs through the general contractor or excavator on the project, who brings in a specialist sub. Winter brine and de-icing on a long private road is ongoing, so ask about scheduling through the season before the first freeze.