A round-up of events and courses
IAVI
Lectures: BSc course lectures (first, second, third and fourth years). May 12th, DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).
Lectures: residential and land agency course lectures. May 12th, DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).
Seminar: Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar. Topic: capital gains tax/taper relief. Speaker: Mike Nangle. May 16th, 7.30pm. The Dunadry, Templepatrick.
Lectures: BSc course lectures (first, second, third and fourth years). May 19th, DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).
Lectures: residential and land agency course lectures. May 19th, DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).
Event: FIABCI world congress. May 28th to June 2nd. Barcelona. An IAVI delegation will attend the congress.
Annual convention:AGM and annual convention. May 25th and 26th. Marriott Druids Glen Hotel, Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow.
AGM: annual general meeting. May 26th, 11am and convention at 2.30pm. Guest speakers: Dr Margaret Funk, president of the Confederation of European Estate Agents; Mick O'Dwyer and Thomas Lynch, director designate, National Property Services Regulator Authority. Marriott Druids Glen Hotel, Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow.
Dinner: convention dinner. Guest of honour: Charlie McCreevy, commissioner for the internal market. May 26th, 8pm. Marriott Druids Glen Hotel, Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow.
Exams: full-time route for students. May 11th, 14th and 16th. Certificate in auctioneering and estate agency first and second year exams and diploma in property management and valuation third year exams. Venues: Senior College Dún Laoghaire and Cork College of Commerce.
Exams: part-time route for mature students. May 12th, 14th, 16th and 19th. Certificate in auctioneering and estate agency first and second year exams. Venues: institutes of technology Cork, Waterford, Tallaght, Athlone and North West Institute of Further and Higher Education, Derry and GMIT.
Graduation: presentation of certificates and diplomas to graduates of IPAV's fine and decorative arts courses. May 23rd, St Stephen's Green Club, Dublin 2.
RIAI
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 April 28th for a €60 donation to Simon. For more information, to book a consultation or to include your practice, go to www.simonopendoor.ie. To coincide with the Simon Open Door, the RIAI bookshop will be open from 10am to 4pm, www.riai.ie
Exhibition: Irish Architecture Awards 2006 exhibition will be on view in The Atrium, main campus, Waterford IT as part of the John Roberts festival from April 27th and will run until May 11th. Admission: free.
Exhibition: circles and lines by Jane Proctor on view in the Architecture Gallery, RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, commencing May 1st until May 25th.
Course: half-day programme developed by the RIAI and Douglas Wallace Architects and Designers. April 27th and May 25th from 9am to 1pm at the RIAI, Dublin. May 4th - Galway. May 22nd - Limerick. The latter two venues have yet to be decided. In-house delivery also available. Contact: cbolster@riai.ie, or call 01-6691472.
CPD: surviving the system - new government conditions of engagement for construction consultants and building contracts. May 2nd (Cork), May 21st (Galway) and May 30th (Dublin). Contact: cbolster@riai.ie or 01-6691472.
Event: RIAI Bookshop will be open to the public on April 28th from 10am to 4pm. 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6761703 or www.riai.ie.
Institute of Project Management
Course: diploma in applied project management, Cork, Dublin and Galway. Email: info@projectmanagement.ie, or www.projectmanagement.ie. Details: 01-6614677.
Dublin Civic Trust
CPD: historic ironwork - repair, maintenance and conservation. Course leaders: David Mitchell (Historic Scotland); Gordon Urquhart (former assistant director Glasgow Conservation Trust West) and Ali Davey (Historic Scotland). May 9th, Dublin Civic Trust, 4 Castle Street, Dublin 1. Details: 01-4756911.
Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition: decorating the Georgian interior. Drawings from the Stapleton collection in the National Library of Ireland. Till June 1st. Tuesday-Friday (10am-5pm). Admission: free.
Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education
Course: certificate in architectural technology and design.
Course: advanced certificate in architectural technology and design.
Course: certificate in furniture design and manufacturing.
Course: certificate in construction technology. Details: 01-2809676 or www.dlcfe.ie.
Engineers Ireland
Conference: water framework directive international conference (joint IWA). May 1st to 3rd. Carlton Airport Hotel, Dublin Airport.
Seminar: design and construction of precast walling in medium to high-rise developments (joint with Irish Concrete Society). May 2nd, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). May 2nd and 3rd. UL.
CPD: project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). May 8th and 9th. Clyde Road.
CPD: road and street in cities, towns and villages. May 9th and 10th. Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore.
CPD: symposium. May 15th. Radisson SAS Hotel, Stillorgan, Co Dublin.
CPD: financial control in construction works. May 17th and 18th. Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD: podcasting & RSS - techie brekkie. May 22nd. Ulster Bank, George's Quay, Dublin 2.
Workshop: maintenance benchmarking and spares optimisation workshop. May 24th. Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
Course: MS project course. May 25th. Springfield Hotel, Leixlip, Co Kildare.
Seminar: engineering safer roads - local government annual seminar. May 31st, Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore.
Irish Home Builders Association
Meeting: AGM and one-day convention. May 11th, Marriot Druids Glen Hotel and Country Club, Wicklow. IHBA chairman Jim Wood and vice-chairman John Moran will attend.
Ballsbridge College
Course: auctioneering, estate agency and valuation. One-year course. Award: FETAC level five, business studies. Modules: estate agency practice, valuation, ECDL, business administration, business law, communications, work experience, word processing, internet marketing, applied economics or customer services. Progression to higher education institutions, IAVI. Enrolments taking place in the college on May 16th, 2pm to 4pm.Details: info@ballsbridge.cdvec.ie or www.ballsbridgecollege.com. Tel: 01-6684806.
Louth County Council
Workshop: children's nature arts - a workshop for people interested in exploring natural art materials and child-friendly garden designs in their work with young children. April 28th/29th, 11am to 3pm. Groundswell, Dundalk, Co Louth.
Details: 042-9376812 or 086-8250806.
College of Further Education Dundrum
Course: interior design. FETAC level five. Mornings only.
Course: floristry and garden design. FETAC level five. Mornings only.
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Lecture: Conserving the South Peak Hermitage on Skellig Michael, Co Kerry - Grellan D Rourke, OPW and Alan Hayden. May 14th, 7.30pm. Details: 01-6761749.
National Sculpture Factory
Event: two-day conference des/IRE on May 24th and 25th at Cork City Council. Fee: €250.
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
