Diary

Upcoming property-related events of interest

IPAV

Meeting: European Committee for Standardisation (CED BTTF 180 "services of real estate agents"), Lisbon, Portugal. October 30th-31st.

Meeting: national executive council, November 3rd, 4.30pm. IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6785685.

Seminars: members professional development seminars. Sustainable Energy Ireland - implementation of the EU Energy Performance of Building Directive. Speaker: Paula Rice. Commercial lettings. Speaker: Ruth Cannon. Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Galway. November 6th.

RIAI

CPD: RIAI refresher course 2006. Dublin, November 7th (RIAI members only). Contact: tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.

Course: practising architecture in Ireland for foreign architects in Ireland or recently returned Irish graduates. Dublin: November 28th, 29th and 30th from 4pm to 8.45pm. Contact: tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.

Course: health and safety - "designing for safety". To help architects meet new requirements. November 7th: 4pm-8pm. November 8th: 9am-1pm. RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. This programme will run in venues around the country, dates to be announced. Details: Teresa Harte at tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.

Exhibition: Erich Mendelsohn (in association with the OPW and the Goethe Institute) on display in the Architecture Centre, RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Monday-Friday: 10am to 5pm.

Exhibition: Building Better Communities by Design Exhibition on display in An Grianan Theatre, Port Road, Letterkenny, Co Donegal. Monday-Friday: 9.30am to 6pm. Saturday: 10am to 6pm. Admission: free.

Event: entries for the RIAI silver medals for conservation and restoration 1999/2000/2001 available at 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 or www.riai.ie. Closing: November 10th. Details: Jill Jacob (01-6691463) or email jjacob@riai.ie.

IAVI

Seminar: health and safety at work and on-site safety statements for valuers and agents. Today at 5.30pm. Minerva Room, RDS.

Lectures: BSc course lectures (first, second, third and fourth years). November 4th and November 18th. Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).

Lectures: residential and land agency course. Lectures: November 4th and 18th, DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin1 (King's Inn Street entrance).

Seminar: money laundering - the third directive. Speaker: Dermot Keane, Department of Finance. November 9th, 5.30pm, Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Seminar: commercial day. Various speakers. November 21st, 10am to 5.30pm, Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Meeting: Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar. Topic: wayleaves and compensation issues. Speaker: Alan Hanna. November 21st, 7.30pm, the Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast.

Seminar: implementing EU energy performance requirements in Ireland. Speakers: Paula Rice and Catherine Mooney. November 23rd, 5.30pm, Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Engineers Ireland

CPD: project management - module two (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL), October 31st and November 1st. UL and Clyde Road, Dublin 4. Details: Gabby Lynch (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: 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.

Institute of Project Management

Course: diploma in applied project management. Cork, Dublin, and Galway.

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.

Course: floristry and garden design. FETAC level five. Details: 01-2985412/01-2951376 or www.cfedundrum.com.

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, 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. Email: info@scd.ie or www.scd.ie.

Irish-American Fulbright Commission

Awards: applications for the Irish Fulbright Commission's annual awards programme for 2007-'08 academic year closing November 17th. Awards of €15,000-€20,000 for postgraduate studies in the US. Post-doctoral scholar awards up to €10,000 for one academic year. Applicants must outline a course of study or research and must obtain their placements in the US. Details: www.fulbright.ie.

Society of Chartered Surveyors

Conference: too much money chasing property? November 3rd, Four Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Details: Gwen Wilson, 01-6765500.

Workshop: spatial data management - an essential building block for land management in Ireland. Held by SCS Geomatics Surveyors and EuroSDR (European Spatial Data Research Organisation). October 31st. Details: Helen Murray: 01-4023734/086-8340508. Sandra McDowell: 0402-21576/087-2564350. Email: mcdpr@indigo.ie.

Irish Architectural Archive

Exhibition: Temple Bar 15 exhibition in partnership with Temple Bar Cultural Trust marks the 15th anniversary of the architectural competition to find a framework plan for Temple Bar. Till January 2007. Irish Architectural Archive's Gallery, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Tuesday-Friday: 10am to 5pm. Admission: free. Details: 01-6633040. Email: info@iarc.ie. Web: www.iarc.ie.

Event: symposium on the role of culture in urban regeneration, Irish Film Institute, Eustace Street, Dublin 2, November 8th. Part of the 15th anniversary celebrations of Temple Bar as Dublin's cultural quarter. Speakers: Tim Jones, chief executive officer, Toronto Artscape; Liz Davidson, director of Glasgow Merchant City project; and Dick Gleeson, Dublin city planner and board member of Temple Bar Cultural Trust. Bookings: 01-6772255 or email gmccullough@templebar.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