Simon Barlow has stepped down as both chairman of the National Demolition Training Group and second vice president of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors.
The news comes as Barlow’s Rye Demolition company appoints administrators to oversee the company’s liquidation.
Barlow was (and is) passionate about demolition training. So his decision to leave his NDTG post will have been a difficult one.
There were also those that believed Barlow might leapfrog the incumbent vice president into the role of NFDC president, much as current Federation president John Lynch did almost a year ago.
Barlow’s departure once again throws the NFDC’s usual presidential succession into turmoil.
In 2018, president Paul Brown was ousted with former president David Keane stepping in as caretaker to steady the ship. The presidency was then expected to pass to Martin O’Donnell but his company – KDC – was acquired by waste management giant Veolia, rendering him ineligible and thrusting Keltbray’s Holly Price prematurely into the limelight.
