A calender of events for your diary
Irish Auctioneers & Valuers Institute
Tutorial: BSc course tutorial (first, second, third and fourth years). May 20th, DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.
Tutorial: residential and land agency course tutorial. May 20th, DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.
Meeting: Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar. May 23rd, 7.30pm. Listed buildings - procedures and implications. Speaker: Manus Deery. Dunadry Hotel, Templepatrick.
Seminar: mortgage valuations with Aine Myler. May 25th, 5.30pm, Mont Clare Hotel, Dublin 2.
Seminar: part five update - entitlement to fees; wayleaves and rights of way; e-conveyancing and family law. May 29th, 10am to 5.30pm, South Court Hotel, Limerick.
Exams: BSc exams for first, second, third and fourth years. June 8th and 9th. DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.
Exams: residential and land agency course. June 14th, 15th and 16th. NCI, IFSC, Dublin 1.
Meeting: national council. June 16th, 4.15pm. Mount Wolseley Hotel, Tullow, Co Carlow.
Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
CPD: practising architecture in Ireland (for architects qualified abroad working in Ireland), May 25th and 26th, RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Contact: tharte@riai.ie.
CPD: project management in the built environment. June 14th, 15th and 16th. Midlands. Contact: tharte@riai.ie.
Consultation: the RIAI and the Simon Communities of Ireland have joined forces for a fundraising initiative. RIAI architects will give members of the public an hour's consultation with an architect on May 27th for a €50 donation to Simon.
Engineers Ireland
CPD: chairing meetings. May 19th. Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
CPD: maintenance management for engineers. May 23rd and 24th, Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
CPD: CPD company of the year symposium. May 30th, Burlington Hotel, Dublin.
CPD: project management. May 31st and June 1st, Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Seminar: dietician Paula Mee and holistic therapist Karen Ward from the Health Square offer advise. May 23rd, 7.30pm, the Atrium, Ulster Bank, George's Quay, Dublin 2. Fee: €15 (members) and €20 (non-members). Breakfast included.
Seminar: Ireland's dependence on European refining developments. May 24th, 8am. Breakfast from 7.30am. Speaker: Neil O'Carroll, manager, ConocoPhillips Whitegate refinery. Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, D4.
CPD: project management. June 7th/8th and June 21st/22nd. Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
CPD: technical report writing. June 15th and 16th. Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
CPD: construction contract awareness. June 22nd and 23rd. Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Details: Gabby Lynch at 01-6090222 or email gabby@engineersireland.ie.
Institute of Project Management
Course: diploma in applied project management. Recommences: Cork, Dublin, Galway. September 2006.
Course: project management framework. May 22nd/23rd and June 14th and 15th.
Course: international certification. Details: 01-6614677. Email:info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.
Bray Institute of Further Education
Courses: interior design. FETAC level five one-year course. BTEC higher national diploma - two-year course with progression to degree.
Course: furniture design. FETAC level five, one-year course.
Course: garden design. FETAC level five, one-year course.
Course: graphic design. BTEC higher national diploma. Two-year course with progression to degree.
Course: fashion design. FETAC level five. One-year course. BTEC higher national diploma. Two-year course with progression to degree. Design courses starts September 2006. Details: 01-2866233.
Senior College
Dún Laoghaire
Morning course: interior design - one, two and three years. RHODEC Assoc diploma, higher national diploma, progression to hons degree at DIT.
Course: garden design for higher national diploma. One-year progression to degree.
Course: auctioneering (IPAV), one or two years for certificate. Two-year progression to hons degree.
Course: landscape design for one or two years for higher national diploma. One-year progression to degree. Details: 1800 2655343. Email: info@scd.ie or www.scd.ie.
Organic Centre
Course: sustainable house design and construction with Peter Cowman. June 10th. Fee: €80.
Course: dry stone wall construction with Richard O'Gorman and Bob Wilson, June 24th and 25th, July 15th and 16th, August 19th and 20th. Fee: €160. Details: Hans Wieland, 071-9854338, or email organiccentre@eircom.net.
Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers
Assessment: qualifying full-time second year students invited to interview for progression to IPAV's diploma in property management and valuations. IPAV, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Email: info@ipav.ie.
Graduation: presentation of certificates and diplomas to graduates of IPAV's fine and decorative arts courses on May 26th at 6.30pm in the St Stephen's Green Club, Dublin 2.
Dublin Civic Trust
Seminar: history and construction of external joinery - sash windows, doors and shopfronts. May 22nd and 23rd. Details: 01-475 6911.
Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition: Maurice Craig - 50 years of photographing architecture. Exhibition of photographs of architecture from the serious to the whimsical, conveying Ireland of the past, to run in the Irish Architectural Archive's Gallery, 45 Merrion Square until September 2006. Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am to 5pm. Admission: free. Tel: 01-6633040. Email: info@iarc.ie or visit www.iarc.ie.
Society of Chartered Surveyors
Event: assessment of professional competency interviews. Today. Montrose Hotel, Dublin 4.
Meeting: APC briefing meeting. May 24th, 6.30pm. The Davenport Hotel, Dublin 2. Details: Louise Ryan 01-6765500 or visit www.scs.ie.
Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037;
e-mail: mhetherington@irish-times.ie
