IPAV: Meeting: board of directors of the Confederation of European Estate Agents, September 23rd, Rome, Italy. Tel: 01-6785685.
Meeting: part-time lecturers induction seminar, 9.30am, September 23rd. IPAV headquarters, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Tel: 01-6785685.
Course: certificate in auctioneering and estate agency and H.Dip in property management and valuation (full-time route for students). Senior College Dún Laoghaire and Cork College of Commerce.
Course: certificate in auctioneering and estate agency (part-time route for mature students). IT Tallaght, Waterford IT, Cork IT and Galway-Mayo IT.
Course: diploma in fine and decorative arts. Full-time course (three days per week) as an introduction to a career or for pleasure. October, IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Details: 01-6785685.
RIAI
Exhibition: Irish Architecture Awards 2006 exhibition. Enniskillen: until September 22nd, the Ardhowen Theatre, Dublin Rd, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. Details: Jill Jacob (01-6691463) or email jjacob@riai.ie.
CPD: RIAI refresher programme 2006 (members only). Galway: October 16th. Limerick: October 23rd. Cork: October 25th. Dublin: November 21st. Contact: tharte@riai.ie.
Event: entries for the RIAI silver medals for conservation and restoration 1999/2000/2001 available at 8 Merrion Sq, D2 or www.riai.ie. Closing: November 10th. Details: Jill Jacob (01-6691463) or email jjacob@riai.ie.
IAVI
Meeting: national council, Today. 2.30pm, 38 Merrion Sq, D2.
Seminar: entitlement to fees - update of Part V. Residential stamp duty; econveyancing; wayleaves and rights of way; family law and property. Experts on the seminar topics. September 26th, 10am to 5pm, Clarion Hotel, Sligo.
Seminar: overview of the commercial investment market; valuing going concerns; the office market; valuation of licensed premises; the retail market; valuation of petrol stations. Experts on above topics. October 3rd, 10am to 5.30pm, Silver Springs Hotel, Cork.
Seminar: dawn raids and Revenue audits, October 5th, 5.30pm. Speaker: Julie Bourke, Tax Solicitors. The Merrion Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, D4.
Seminar: commercial investment and valuations. October 10th, 10am to 5.30pm. Presentations from experts on the topics. Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, D4.
Event: IAVI president's lunch, October 13th, 1pm. Guest Speaker: Kenneth Clarke QC, MP. Burlington Hotel. Bookings: Margaret Walsh (01-6611794).
Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition: Maurice Craig - 50 years of photographing architecture. Exhibition of photographs of architecture from the serious to the whimsical. Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Sq, D2. Till September 29th. Tuesday-Friday: 10am to 5pm. Admission: free. Tel: 01-6633040. Email: info@iarc.ie or www.iarc.ie.
Engineers Ireland
CPD: project management - module one. September 26th/27th. Limerick.
CPD: planning for road projects, September 27th and 28th, Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly.
Course: quantities and estimating. October 5th and 6th, Clyde Rd, D4.
Course: organisational skills for engineers, October 11th, Clyde Rd, D4.
Seminar: traffic management at roadworks. postponed until 2007. Details: Gabby Lynch at 01-6090222 or email gabby@engineersireland.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.
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.
Course: fashion design. FETAC level five one-year course. BTEC higher national diploma. Two-year course with progression to degree course. Courses start September. Details: 01-2866233.
Dublin Civic Trust
Seminar: one-day seminar on the structural repair of historic buildings by Ian Hume, conservation engineering consultant, formerly chief engineer at English Heritage and current chairman of the Conservation Accreditation for Engineers (CARE) scheme. September 27th. Fee: €160. Details: Kerry Power at 01-4756911.
The Organic Centre
Event: Northwest Food Fest. Until September 24th. Details: 071-9854338.
Institute of Project Management
Course: diploma in applied project management. Cork, Dublin, Galway - from September.
Course: international certification. Details: 01-6614677. Email: info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.
College of Further Education Dundrum
Course: interior design. FETAC level five. Mornings only.
Course: floristry and garden design. FETAC level five. Mornings only. All courses begin in September. Details: 01-2985412/01-2951376 or www.cfedundrum.com.
National Botanic Gardens
Event: sculpture in context 2006 - largest outdoor sculpture exhibition in Ireland until October 20th. National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. Details: Ana Duncan (087-6258258). Email: anaduncan@eircom.net or www.sculptureincontext.com.
Irish Concrete Society
Awards: award for excellence in the design or construction of a completed building, structure or concrete element, irrespective of type, scale or complexity in concrete. Nominations for the awards may be made by clients, architects, consulting engineers, materials suppliers, contractors or others directly involved with the nomination. Nominations must refer to work completed after January 1st, 2003. Applications: the honorary secretary, 041-9876466 or email secretary@concrete.ie. Closing date: September 22nd, 2006.
Portobello College
Course: "property ladder" property investors course. Starts September 26th until November 14th, 7.30pm to 9.30pm every Tuesday. Course director: Mary FitzGerald. Fee: €180. Details: 01-4321560 or 086-2520181.
Senior College Dún Laoghaire
Morning course: health and safety. One-year course leading to higher national certificate.
Morning course: interior design - one, two and three years. RHODEC Assoc diploma, higher national diploma, and progression to degree at DIT.
Course: garden design for one or two years, leading to higher national diploma. One-year progression to degree.
Course: auctioneering (IPAV), one or two years for certificate. Two-year progression to degree.
Course: landscape design for one or two years leading to higher national diploma. One-year progression to degree. Details: 1800 2655343. Email: info@scd.ie or www.scd.ie.
Irish-American Fulbright Commission
Awards: applications for the Irish Fulbright Commission's annual awards programme for the 2007-08 academic year opens today with a closing date of November 17th. Awards in the range of €15,000-€20,000 to students to pursue postgraduate studies in the US. There will also be a number of post-doctoral scholar awards up to €10,000 for one academic year. Applicants must outline a clearly defined course of study or research and must obtain their own placements in US. Details: www.fulbright.ie.
Age Action Ireland
Seminar: creating intelligent environments for positive ageing in conjunction with Douglas Wallace Architects, October 4th, The Westbury Hotel, Grafton St, D2. Breakfast from 8am until 8.30am followed by seminar. Speakers: Sue Wheldon, strategic development director of Douglas Wallace and Robin Webster, chief executive of Age Action Ireland.
Society of Chartered Surveyors
CPD: Private Residential Tenancy Board - an update. Today. Speaker: Tom Dunne. Davenport Hotel, D2. Details: Gen Wilson at 01-6765500.
Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037;
