Some dates for your diary
IPAV
CPD:BER ratings, money laundering, PRTB updates & related issues. Oct 22nd, 6.45pm. Clarion Hotel Cork, Lapps Quay, Cork.
Event:awards ceremony to WIT graduates of IPAV's cert in auctioneering & estate agency, 4pm, Oct 24th, WIT.
IAVI
Event:national council elections. Ballots to reach BDO Simpson Zavier by Oct 20th.
Lectures:BSc property studies course (first to fourth years), Oct 18th, DIT Bolton St, D1.
Lectures:higher cert in property studies, Oct 18th, DIT Bolton St, D1.
Event:president's lunch, Oct 24th, Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire. Speaker: James Caan (BBC2's Dragons' Den panellist). To book: Valerie Bourke at valerie@iavi.ie.
Irish Property Owners Association
Course:training in residential property rental in Ireland. Details: 01-8276000, e-mail info@ipoa.ie or www.ipoa.ie.
RIAI
Course:health and safety - designing for safety. Details: Teresa Harte at tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691 472.
CPD:urban design in a changing environment - two-day course for architects, landscape architects, engineers and planners. Nov 10th & 11th, Hilton Hotel, Charlemont Place, D2.
CPD:project supervisor design process, Oct 20th-21st; Nov 3rd/4th, RIAI, 8 Merrion Sq.
CPD:designing for safety - half-day course, Oct 24th and Nov 14th, RIAI, 8 Merrion Sq. Tel: Joanna Duncan on 01 676 1703 or e-mail jduncan@riai.ie.
Exhibition:Estonia: history reflected in architecture. Till Oct 31st, RIAI Gallery, 8 Merrion Sq, D2.
Exhibition:RIAI Irish Architecture Awards Exhibition 2008, MacDonagh Junction, Kilkenny, till Oct 28th.
Irish Complimentary Educational Systems
Workshop:property masterclass, Oct 18th/25th.
Institute of Project Management
Course:diploma in applied project management. Dublin, Cork and Galway (Oct).
Course:project management passport. Dublin (Nov).
Course:framework course - Dublin, Galway and Cork. Tel: 01 6614677 or www.projectmanagement.ie.
Senior College Dun Laoghaire
Course:interior design. One, two or three years, mornings option, RHODEC and higher national diploma qualifications possible.
Course:garden design - two-year higher national diploma.
Course:landscape design - two-year higher national diploma.
Course:auctioneering - two-year cert (IPAV). Course: health & safety - one-year higher national certificate, two-year higher national diploma, mornings option. Tel: 01 2800385 or e-mail office@scd.ie or www.scd.ie.
Construction Industry Federation
Event:Plan Expo - Ireland's showcase for the built environment, Nov 4th-6th, RDS. Tel: Expo Events on 01 295 8181.
Seminar:IHBA business seminar '08 - "recent policy developments impacting on the housing industry". Nov 5th, RDS, 2.30pm. Tel: Sinead Doyle at 01 4066034.
Conference:construction opportunities at home and abroad 2009, Nov 18th, Radisson Hotel, Golden Lane, D8. Tel: Sinead Cashin 01 4066028.
Event:MBCA annual dinner, Nov 21st. Tel: Debbie Beddows 01 4066000.
Event:IHBA dinner dance, Burlington Hotel, Dec 5th. Tel: Sinead Doyle 01 4066000.
National Irish Safety Organisation
Course:manual handling instructor & assessor course. Oct 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 28th/29th, NISO, Ballymount, D12.
Course:manual handling instructor & assessor refresher course, Oct 22nd/23rd, NISO, Ballymount, D12.
Course:safe pass, Oct 24th, NISO Ballymount.
Organic Centre
Course:spinning for beginners with Mary Luthers, Oct 19th, 10am to 5pm. Tel: 071 9854339, e-mail into@theorganiccentre.ie or visit www.theorganiccentre.ie.
Irish Architecture Foundation
Event:Open House Dublin - the changing city and greater Dublin. Till Oct 19th. Tel: 01 6708 620 or e-mail: openhouse@architecturefoundation.ie.
Irish Property and Facility Management Association
CPD:recent changes in landlord & tenant law. Speaker: Brian O'Callaghan, William Fry Solicitors. Nov 6th, 1pm, 5 Wilton Place.
Irish Planning Institute
Lecture:Introduction to, and some considerations of, historic landscapes. Oct 30th, 8pm. Speaker: Louise Harrington. The Vision Centre, North Main St, Cork. Tel: Michaelle Delaney 021 4924709.
Event:annual dinner, Oct 24th, 8.30pm, Radisson SAS, Golden Lane, D2. Tel: Rachel 01 8788630.
Conference:Local area planning - opportunities & challenges. Oct 24th, 9am to 5pm. SAS Royal Hotel, Golden Lane, D2. E-mail: info@irishplanninginstitute.ie or www.irishplanninginstitute.ie.
Irish Council for Social Housing
Seminar:understanding housing finance, Nov 20th-21st. Tel: Margaret Coleman at 01 6618334.
Meeting:AGM, Oct 21st, 11am, Alexander Hotel, Fenian St, D2.
Achill Archaeological Field School
Course: professional development. Digital survey for archaeologists. Three-day course in surveying, mapping and data manipulation. Nov 8th-10th and Dec 6th-8th. Achill Island.
Society of Chartered Surveyors
CPD:Part L & sustainable building. Speaker: Craig van der Venter, D&K Paretnership. Oct 24th, 6.30pm. Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork.
CPD:Galway docklands proposal. Captain Brian Sheridan, IHMA MNI IMM - harbourmaster & politage superintendent, Galway. Oct 20th, 6.30pm. Lecture Room 1000, Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology.
CPD:how not to get sued. Speaker: Gerry O'Sullivan, Mulcahy McDonagh & Partners. Oct 23rd, 6.30pm. Davenport Hotel, off Merrion Sq, D2.
CPD:revisions to retail zoning. Speaker: David Potter, Savills HOK. Oct 30th, 6.30pm. Davenport Hotel, off Merrrion Sq, D2.
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