Australia’s first Dash 9 excavator, a R290LC-9 29t Crawler excavator, was delivered by Newcastle-based 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