IAVICourse: urban development and investment appraisal. July 20th/21st and July 27th/28th, 9am to 1pm. Course facilitator: Dr Brendan Williams.
Event: tennis tournament. August 29th, 4pm. Lansdowne Tennis Club. Sponsored by The Irish Times.
Course: FÁS safe pass programme.
One-day programme will be held as follows: Galway - September 6th (Galway Bay Hotel); Dublin: September 11th (38 Merrion Square); Carlow - September 20th (Seven Oaks Hotel); Sligo - September 25th (Clarion Hotel);
Meath - October 4th (Ardboyne Hotel, Navan).
Details: Noel O'Reilly at noel@iavi.ie.
IPAV
Meeting: national executive council on July 13th, at 4.30pm. IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-678 5685.
RIAI
Exhibition: the Irish Architecture Awards 2007 Exhibition until Friday 27 July in RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. The exhibition will tour various locations nationally throughout 2007 and 2008.
CPD: Health and Safety: "designing for safety". Details: Catherine Bolster tharte@riai.ie or (01) 6691472.
CPD: energy performance of buildings directive (EPBD). The course is in three parts and comprises: introductory seminar (half-day, organised by the RIAI); a manual; and two days technical training (organised by UCD). Part A: introductory seminar, details from tharte@riai.ie/01-6691472.
Part C1 & C2: BER assessor training, contact sue.murphy@ucd.ie.
Lecture: "Sustainable City Regeneration" by Andy Bow, Senior Partner, Foster and Partners. 14th September, 7pm. Free but booking essential. RSVP: imarshall@riai.ie.
Exhibition: Into the Unknown. New painting by Helen Blair. From September 1st until September 21st. RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Engineers Ireland
CPD: construction contract awareness, September 17th & 18th, Clyde Road, Dublin 2.
CPD: project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). September 18th & 19th, Clyde Road, Dublin 2.
CPD: technical report writing, September 19th & 20th, Clyde Road, Dublin 2.
CPD: road maintenance, September 19th & 20th, Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly.
CPD: project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). September 25th & 26th, Clyde Road, Dublin 2.
CPD: project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). September 25th & 26th, Clyde Road, Dublin 2. Centre for Project Management, UL
CPD: MS project. September 27th. Springfield Hotel, Leixlip, Co Kildare.
Organic Centre
Course: how to live the good life. July 23rd till July 27th. Growing organic vegetables; using herbs; making yogurts and soft cheeses. Fee: €600.
Details: 071-9854338; email organiccentre@eircom.net or www.theorganiccentre@eircom.net.
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 HND.
Course: fashion design; FETAC level five one-year course; BTEC higher national diploma. Details: 01-2866233.
Morning course: health and safety; one-year course leading to higher national certificate.
Dun Laoghaire College of Further ducation
Course: certificate in architectural technology and design.
Course: advanced cert in architectural technology and design.
Course: construction technology cetificate. Details: 01-280 9676 or www.dlcfe.ie.
Course: interior design. FETAC level five.
Course: floristry and garden design. FETAC level five. Mornings. All courses commence September 2007.
Details: 01-2985412/ 01-2951376/ www.cfedundrum.com.
SQT Training
Three courses: introduction to energy management/auditing; construction safety management - 2006 safety regulations; applied project management (PMBOK); 061-339040 or www.sqt.ie or info@sqt.ie.
Institute of Project Management
Course: diploma in applied project management, Cork, Dublin and Galway.Details: 01-6614677. info@projectmanagement.ie, or www.projectmanagement.ie.
Senior College Dún Laoghaire
Course: interior design. One, two or three years, mornings option, RHODEC and higher national diploma qualifications, possible degree progression to DIT.
Course: garden design - two years to higher national diploma leading to one further year for degree at University of Gloucester.
Course: landscape design - two-year higher national diploma, leading to one further year for degree at University of Gloucester.
Course: auctioneering - two-year certificate (IPAV) leading to two further years for degree at University of West England.
Course: health and safety, one-year higher national certificate, two-year higher national diploma, mornings option. Details: 1800 265534, email info@scd.ie or www.scd.ie.
National Irish Safety Organisation
Course: basic manual handling. July 24th. Fee: €90 (members), €95 (non members).
Course: occupational first aid. July 17th. Fee: €425 (members), €525 (non-members).
Course: NISO certificate in occupational health and safety (submitted for HETEC accreditation level six). October 9th until November 27th, 2007, Tuesdays from 2-6pm. Venue: National Irish Safety Organisation, A11, Calmount Park, Ballymount, Dublin 12. bookings@niso.ie. Tel: 01-4659760 or www.niso.ie.
Irish Council for Social Housing
Awards: community housing award 2007 - call for nominations. The competition is open to all housing associations, co-operatives and local authorities operating schemes in the state completed between September 2005 and July 2007. Closing date: July 13th, 2007. Details: Martina Rooney, 01-6618334 or martina@icsh.ie.
Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition: photographs by Hugh Doran. Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm till October 12th, 2007. Free.
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 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
