Flex-fuel vehicles drop money to D & A’s bottom line in Longwood, FL

LONGWOOD, FL— Just two months after the September 2008 economic collapse, D & A Building Services Inc., a facility maintenance company headquartered in Central Florida, needed to replace five vehicles from its fleet for its area managers.

 The SUVs in use at the time got a mere 19 miles per gallon. Considering the economic uncertainty, the Company began a search for a more fuel-efficient way for each manager to travel the 23,000 miles per year required by their job. D & A chose the Chevy HHR Panel, (centered photo below)  a flex-fuel vehicle that gets 32 miles per gallon on regular gasoline.

The Company is pleased to report that in the past 18 months the HHRs performed well lowering gasoline consumption by 375 gallons each month and dropping $18,000 to D & A’s bottom line.

“These vehicles have done what we asked for in fuel efficiency and have performed well for our sales team,” said Al Sarabasa, Jr., president, D & A Building Services Inc. “We will definitely be looking at other fuel efficient vehicles when it comes time to replace the other vehicles in our fleet.”

D & A Building Services Inc. is a privately owned facility maintenance provider founded in 1985. Headquartered in Longwood, Fla., full service offices are located in Jacksonville, Fla., Tampa, Fla., Kansas City, Mo., Madison, Wis., Dallas, Texas, and Detroit, Mich. Services are provided by a staff of 650 to property managers, building owners, and local and state governments, Federal agents and the military.

 The veteran-owned company is an Hispanic-Owned Business Enterprise, and a graduate of the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program. For additional information, please visit www.dabuildingservices.com.

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