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SHANNON LEVERTON
Owner/Founder - Diamond L Enterprises
BY CHRISTINA LOVELESS
PCT: What kind of services do you offer?
SL: We offer Pipeline ROW services including clearing,
brush/debris removal, seeding and fertilizing; new
construction; and we provide 10-30 cubic yard debris
bins for construction debris, complete new construction
debris removal and bulk debris pickups.
OCTOBER 2015
PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
PCT: Who is your ideal customer?
SL: Our ideal customers include builders, developers and
general contractors. Outside of traditional construction,
we also work closely with oilfield contractors including
pipeline installation companies, pipeline maintenance
companies and pipeline owner/operators. We also help
existing home owners, farms and ranchers.
PCT: Why are you the better option?
SL: For the Commercial/Residential Builder, we are 1938% cheaper than conventional dumpsters
If we train the subs to clean up after themselves, the
builder can save another 45-60 cents per foot on
construction cleaning. So, if you take a 2,500-squarefoot house, you would see an additional savings between
$1,125-1,500. For demolition jobs (house/commercial
and mobile homes), we are faster, use less equipment
and have more production and hauling capacity with
our specially-built trucks. For brush cleanup, the average
dump truck will have 10-15 cubic yards.
Our specialized trucks will haul in one load 130 cubic
yards in under 10 minutes and is 100 percent selfcontained. It would take 9-13 fully loaded dump trucks to
do what one of ours will do.
Our trucks can haul 6-10 loads a day, which equates to
780-1300 cubic yards. It would take 78-130 dump trucks
to do the same job. For disaster response, we have a large
roster of trucks ready to deploy for small or large events
to help recover the community in days instead of months.
Diamond L Enterprises can assist with FEMA funding to
assist the community in reimbursement of funds.
PCT: Where do you hope to see the business in f ive years?
SL: Although the oil and gas market has been a mainstay
60
for Diamond L Enterprises since its inception, there are
many more markets we are benefiting. With so many
markets we can cover with these specialty build trucks,
we will continue to have a pipeline debris removal and
mitigation; we will continue to pioneer the containment
industry with our new system; we will continue to
promote a greener disposal system, recycling metal,
wood, concrete, etc. Regarding recycling, on large
projects we even give credit back with marketable
recyclables to offset the cost of the customer’s total debris
removal cost. It keeps the product out of the local landfill,
which has standalone benefits.
In five years, my son, Hunter, will have a large part
of the development and the operations of Diamond L
Enterprises. I hope we can build the business, so in due
time, he will take over the operations 100 percent and
be able to sustain his family, and yet provide the same
service we have been able to provide for years.
PCT: What is something interesting about yourself that
others might not know?
SL: I was a State Farm Commercial claim representative
as well as a manager for many years. While deployed,
helping and assisting with natural disasters, I had several
friends in disaster debris cleanup and relief work. It
appealed to me. Although I was helping policy holders
recover, I wanted more satisfaction in my work. I traded