IPAV Seminar:briefing on career opportunities to IPAV students. Today. Univeristy of West of England, Bristol, UK. Contact: info@ipav.ie.
IAVI
Lectures:BSc course lectures (first, second, third and fourth years). March 10th, DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).
Lectures:residential and land agency course lectures, March 10th, DIT Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).
Meeting:Connaught/Donegal region AGM. March 20th, 5pm. Sligo Park Hotel, Sligo.
AGM and seminar:Northern Ireland regional AGM and seminar. Topic: auction law - theory in practice. Speaker: Kevin Milhench. March 21st, 7.30pm. The Dunadry Hotel, Templepatrick.
AGM: north Leinster region AGM. March 22nd, 7pm. D Hotel, Drogheda, Co Louth.
Conference:IAVI conference, March 30th to April 1st, Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny. Pre-conference golf outing at Mount Juliet on March 29th. Enquiries: valerie@iavi.ie.
Engineers Ireland
CPD:project management - module two (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL), March 14th and 15th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD:construction contract awareness, March 21st and 22nd, Clyde Road, Dublin 2.
CPD:project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL), March 21st and 22nd, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
Event:conferring of titles ceremony and engineering excellence awards. The Helix, DCU. March 23rd.
CPD:method of measurement at roadworks (NRA), March 23rd, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD:MS project - techie brekkie. March 27th. Ulster Bank, George's Quay, Dublin 2.
Seminar:fire and safety engineering - compliance in the 21st century. March 28th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
Conference:national housing conference 2007, Transforming the Irish Housing Environment: Policy and Implementation, organised by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, March 25th to 27th, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin 9. Details: www.nationalhousingconference.ie.
CPD:RIAI/DCU Business of Architecture Programme 2007. This programme will cover eight sessions: March 16th/30th; April 13th/27th; May 11th/25th; and June 8th. Bookings directly with DCU. Details: ruth.finnegan@dcu.ie, or 01-7008106.
Course:conservation induction module, April 3rd, 4th, 17th, 18th and May 1st with practical day (April 18th) in Rathfarnham Castle. Contact: cbolstger@riai.ie, or call 01-6691472.
Course:health and safety - designing for safety. March 13th, 14th, 22nd; April 13th, 9am to 1pm. In-house delivery also available. Contact: cbolster@riai.ie, or call 01-6691472.
Awards:Irish Architecture Awards 2006 exhibition will be on view in the University Concert Hall, Foundation Building, University of Limerick until March 13th. Opening hours: 8.30am to 6.30pm (Monday-Friday). Admission: free.
Exhibition:LOCUS - Light, Space, Mater is the first Irish exhibition by green architect and sculptor Michalis Souvatzidas and will run from March 15th until April 9th. Monday-Friday: 9am to 5pm. The Architecture Centre, RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Irish Building Control Institute
Conference:annual conference 2007, March 22nd and 23rd, Bunratty Shannon Shamrock Hotel and Conference Centre, Bunratty, Co Clare. Details: Tom Johnson 01-2223468, or e-mail tom.johnson@dublincity.ie.
Construction Industry Federation (CIF)
Dinner:mid-west branch annual dinner dance, March 9th, 7.30pm. Hank Fogarty, president of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF), will be in attendance.
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.
Course:garden design, FETAC level five.
Course:graphic design, BTEC higher national diploma.
Course:fashion design, FETAC level five one-year course; BTEC higher national diploma. Details: 01-2866233.
Dublin Civic Trust
CPD course:services in period houses and historic properties. Course leader: Peter Lawson Smith, March 26th, 4 Castle Street, Dublin 2. Details: 01-4756911; cost: €175.
Institute of Project Management
Course:diploma in applied project management, Cork, Dublin and Galway. E-mail: info@projectmanagement.ie, or www.projectmanagement.ie. Details: 01-6614677.
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 Association diploma, higher national diploma, progression to degree at DIT.
Course:garden design for one or two years, leading to higher national diploma.
Course:auctioneering (IPAV), two years for certificate, two-year progression to degree.
Course:landscape design (one or two years) for higher national diploma. Details: 1800-2655343 or www.scd.ie.
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch
Lunch:annual lunch for members, March 9th, 12.30pm. Guest speaker: Rory Brady, SC, Attorney General. Tickets: €50 each, available from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch at Merchants House, 27-30 Merchant's Quay, Dublin 8. Tel: 01-7079739, or email: ciarb@arbitration.ie.
Irish Planning Institute
Event:national planning conference 2007. April 19th-20th, 10am. New Park Hotel, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny. Cost: €350 (members), €560 (non-members). Details: 01-8788630 or email info@irishplanninginstitute.ie.
Organic Centre
Event:Potato Day, March 18th, 11am to 5pm. Potato collector Dave Langford introduces visitors to 150 varieties of potatoes. Details: 071-9854338. email: organiccentre@eircom.net or theorganiccentre.ie.
Irish Concrete Society
Dinner:Irish Concrete Society 2006 Awards evening, March 24th, The Dining Hall, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Details: Jane Governey (01-2302355) for tickets or to pre-book tables.
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
