DMC Enterprises – Putting the Client First Through Professionalism, Reliability and Integrity

By Brian Hoover, Editor

Danny Milosavljevic officially formed Danny Milo Corp, dba DMC Enterprises, in 2012, but the Milosavljevic family has been in the general engineering construction business for generations. Danny Milosavljevic (Milosavljevic) is the owner and president of DMC Enterprises, and he learned his trade from his father and grandfather, who started in the grading and excavating business in the 1970s. Milosavljevic started his career in 1996 when he worked with his father in the finish grade business under the name Slobo Construction, Inc. The father and son team grew to a large crew working for well-known developers and home builders in Southern California. During the 2008 downturn and recession, the two men decided to cease operations in favor of other business ventures that offered more potential. They diversified their interests into starting assisted living and memory care facilities. Additionally, Milosavljevic began buying and selling heavy construction machinery, and he continues that practice today.

DMC Enterprises utilized their new Volvo ECR305CL excavator to export dirt at the new ACV Maintenance Warehouse Facility on Camp Pendleton.

As the carnage from the 2008 recession began to subside, Milosavljevic decided to resume his passion for the grading and excavating business under the dba of DMC Enterprises in 2012. “We performed production finish grade work from 1996 to 2008 before taking a break to do other things due to the poor economic conditions,” says Milosavljevic. “Today, we offer a long list of earthmoving solutions that include mass, finish and fine grading, as well as erosion control and other excavation and trucking services. Around 70 percent of our business activity is in the grading and excavation sector, with the remaining 30 percent being primarily in demolition.”

DMC Enterprises’ new Volvo ECR305CL excavator loading a crusher on a demolition project in La Jolla.

Danny Milosavljevic is the sole owner and president of DMC Enterprises, and his multi-service company is specifically designed to facilitate various phases of construction on land development projects. “We take on grading projects from a few thousand cubic yards to a couple hundred thousand,” says Milosavljevic. “We started back in 2012 with a five-to-six-year grading contract out at the Summerly housing project in Lake Elsinore for McMillin Communities. The interesting thing about this wonderful opportunity was that my dad and grandfather got their start in the 70s working for McMillin. Corky McMillin was the founder, and it was his nephew, Lance Leninger (VP, Construction Manager at McMillin Commercial), that provided us with this chance to get back into the bigger mass grading projects.”

DMC Enterprises’ (DMC) work at the Summerly community in Lake Elsinore was divided into 75 lot tracts, and DMC provided the mass and fine grading on ten of those sections or 750 lots. DMC also performed all of the main road infrastructure earthwork at Summerly, as well as the grading of a 20-acre community park. “We rented a Cat motor grader equipped with GPS and laser technology on the first phase of this project back in 2012. I ran the blade myself and was so impressed with the technology that I purchased a new Cat 140M motor grader with the same setup to finish the remaining tracts. GPS technology has significantly improved productivity and has advanced the construction process,” says Milosavljevic. “We also made the decision to use the Trimble GPS on our other machines and Leica grade checking solutions whenever possible.”

Volvo ECR305CL excavator back-filling geogrid wall off Interstate 5 in San Clemente.

DMC began bidding work for cities and municipalities in 2015, and in 2016, they landed a job for the City of Lake Elsinore. The contract called for DMC to demo the existing buildings and a few hundred trees at Launch Pointe at La Laguna Resort in Lake Elsinore. They also performed all of the grading and bioretention basin work at Launch Pointe. Additionally, DMC was contracted as the general contractor to construct a new 3,000 square foot check-in/guard kiosk for the new Launch Pointe resort facility. “We are also an official on-call contractor for the City of Lake Elsinore and perform multiple projects for them on an as-needed or even emergency basis,” says Milosavljevic.

DMC has an entire fleet of heavy construction machinery ready to perform any task, large or small. Their fleet includes everything you would expect a grading and excavating contractor to have, including scrapers, paddle wheels, motor graders, wheel loaders, excavators and dozers, on down to the smaller pieces like skid steers, skip loaders and mini excavators. When it comes to the medium to larger excavators, DMC is glad to have their two Volvo ECR305CL 80,000 lb. excavators on hand. “Our Volvo excavators are the perfect size for the work that we

Cat D8T dozer moving dirt on the ACV Maintenance Warehouse Facility project on Camp Pendleton.

do out in the field each day. They are, of course, equipped with Topcon GPS technology and are big enough for those jobs with a lot of loading and export, while also having the tight swing radius for our demolition duties,” says Milosavljevic. “I work with Scott Nadell at Volvo Construction Equipment & Services, and he has always been there for us no matter what our needs. Our next step will be to look at purchasing a new Volvo ECR355E excavator, which is Volvo’s replacement for the 305s that we already have in our fleet.”

Volvo ECR305CL excavator working at the new Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in San Juan Capistrano.

DMC remains busy with four grading and demolition projects going on right now at Camp Pendleton. They also recently finished up a project out at March Air Force Base where they performed the grading for a new fire station located directly adjacent to the runway. “We don’t chase the massive earthmoving projects. We have some private construction grading jobs on the books right now and anticipate a lot more military and school construction work in 2021,” continues Milosavljevic. “We are growing sustainably, and that is all due to the great people that we have working here at DMC Enterprises. I want to thank everyone for their over-the-top efforts. Tim Mountney is our lead estimator, and he makes life easier for all of us, as does my brother, Nick Milosavljevic, who does all of the certified payroll and other never-ending paperwork. I also want to recognize Brian Decanter (field superintendent), who continues to do a great job overseeing and taking care of everyone out in the field. We are committed to providing the highest degree of customer satisfaction, and the great people we have working here are what makes it possible.” For more information on DMC Enterprises, please visit dmc-ent.com or call their Vista offices at (760) 908-6148. Cc