Australia’s first Dash 9 excavator, a R290LC-9 29t Crawler excavator, was delivered by Newcastle-based Hyundai Construction Equipment Australia dealer CEG to Environmental Land Contracting (ELC) in early March 2009.
Environmental Land Contracting (ELC) has been in operation since early 2001 and began operation with a single truck and mulcher. In 2004 the business was purchased by Mick Black and Nicolas Omeara who had a grander vision for the organisation’s future outside the realms of basic site clearing (i.e. industrial mowing, mulching and clearing).
Environmental Land Contracting (ELC) now encompasses a broader range of projects in land clearing and land restoration with expertise in:
- Land clearing for the electrical industry and Developers
- Water quality improvement by clearing of contaminant waste or foreign / damaging flora, foliage and trees
- Civil land clearing and restoration of storm water channels
- Water Conservation management for creek banks, streams and fresh water
- Decontamination of land, removal and processing of contaminates such as led, UXO and OCW
- Construction of roads for substations in eco sensitive environments
- National park roads and access maintenance
- Remediation of asbestos contaminated areas
- Access road construction for electrical industry
- Pole hole drilling and erection of power poles for electrical industry
- Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Civil and clearing
ELC depend on reliable, high performance equipment, and just one month after receiving their first Dash 9 excavator, ELC purchased a second Dash 9, R210LC-9 21t crawler.
Their decision was based on several factors:
- The environmental aspects
- The safety aspects
- Security
- Value for money
- Warranty
- Operator comfort and practicality
- Long term work potential