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Financial savings for customers
with Shannon’s new creation reach
nearly $4,500 on average, he said.
“Not only are we going to be 19
to 38 percent cheaper than the local
competition on dumpsters and containment systems, but if we can train
the subcontractors to take their trash
and throw it in the dumpster, they are
going to save approximately another
$2,200 in clean up.”
As an added bonus, Shannon is
offering “green” incentives for his
clients. “We can actually set up a
separate container [for recyclables],”
he said. “For instance, in new construction they use a lot of steel studs.
We will give a credit for that. We will
actually haul the metal to the scrap
yard and make it a recyclable pr oduct instead of throwing them into the
landfill. ”
Although Shannon’s latest invention dates to last month, he is a
veteran in his field, with extensive
knowledge in both disposal services
and contracting. Shannon and his
wife, Amanda, moved from Texas to
Arkansas in 1999 so he could pursue
a career as a subcontractor with State
Farm. The two landed in Hot Springs
Village, a destination retirement community with big opportunities that
also served as a great place to raise
Hunter. Seeing a need for another
custom-home contractor in the area,
Shannon resolved to build a couple of
homes on the side to test the market.
Met with success, he eventually left
State Farm to build luxury homes in
the Ouachita Mountains area fulltime.
During his tenure in Arkansas,
Shannon also began pursuing what
is now his mainstay — disaster relief
and disposal services.
Christmas Day 2011, Shannon’s
father succumbed to prostate cancer.
Not wanting his mother to be alone,
he and his family moved back to
Texas, dissolving his Arkansas-based
company and forming Diamond L
Enterprises.
While Shannon quit building
homes upon opening his new business, he said the decision was strategic.
“We’re pretty heavily involved in
disaster recovery and clean up, like