Former president resigns from NFDC Executive Committee.
Erith Contractors’ David Darsey, president of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors from 2009 till 2011, has formally resigned from the Federation’s Executive Committee of which he has been an and influential integral part for some 16 years.
Darsey’s resignation reflects a changing structure within the Executive Committee that has come under intense criticism in recent months. In response to that criticism, the committee is being restructured to include just three Honorary Life Vice Presidents; and Darsey – who is president of the Institute of Demolition Engineers until November – has used this opportunity to step down in order to concentrate on his own business interests.
He retains his Honorary Life Vice Presidency and his position on the Federation’s National Council, and he has recently been elected to the board of the European Demolition Association.
But his resignation frees him up from the Executive Committee’s monthly meeting schedule.
Speaking to DemolitionNews, Darsey says that he believes the timing of his resignation is right. “I have been very frustrated during the past year or so,” he explains. “But the ship has now been steadied and it feels like the right time to step aside and make way for some new people and some new ideas.”
