Diary

Compiled by Mary Hetherington

Irish Auctioneers & Valuers Institute

Tutorial: BSc course tutorial (first, second, third and fourth years). April 22nd, DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).

Tutorial: Residential and Land Agency course tutorial. April 22nd, DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).

Seminar: overview of the commercial investment market; valuing going concerns; office market; licensed premises; retail market; valuing petrol stations. April 25th, 10am to 5.30pm, Seven Oaks Hotel, Carlow.

Regional meeting: Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar. Topic: eco houses and energy efficiency in buildings. Speaker: Dr Patrick Waterfield. April 26th, 7.30pm, Ramada Hotel.

Meeting: national council. April 27th, 4pm, 38 Merrion Square.

AGM: April 27th, 3pm. The IAVI president for 2006/'07 will be invested during the AGM.

Seminar: economics of the Dublin housing market. April 27th, 5.30pm, with Loretta O'Sullivan, Davenport Hotel, Dublin 2.

Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland

CPD: the business of architecture - 12 day-long sessions. April 28th to December 8th. Dublin City University. Contact: execed@dcu.ie. RIAI members only.

CPD: practising architecture in Ireland (programme for architects qualified abroad and now working in Ireland), May 25th and 26th, RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Contact: tharte@riai.ie.

CPD: project management in the built environment. June 14th, 15th and 16th. Midlands. Contact: tharte@riai.ie.

Consultation: the RIAI and the Simon Communities of Ireland have joined forces for a fundraising initiative. Participating RIAI architects around the country will give members of the public an hour's consultation with an architect on Saturday, April 27th in return for a donation of €50 to Simon Communities of Ireland.

Engineers Ireland

Conference: Engineers Ireland annual conference, April 26th and 27th, Burlington Hotel.

CPD: management skills for technical professionals (module one). April 25th and 26th, Radisson Hotel.

CPD: project management (module one). May 3rd and 4th, Clyde Road.

CPD: management of claims and resolution of disputes under new FIDIC conditions. May 8th and 9th, Clyde Road.

Workshop: winning public sector contracts - a client's perspective, with Billy Moore. April 25th. Registration: 7.30am. The Atrium, Ulster Bank, George's Quay, Dublin 2. Subscription: €15 (members) and €20 (non-members).

Institute of Project Management

Course: diploma in applied project management. Details: 01-6614677. Email:info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.

Bray Institute of Further Education

Courses: furniture design (FETAC level two) one-year course.

Course: garden design (FETAC level two) one-year course.

Course: graphic design, fashion design (FETAC level two), one-year course. BTEC higher national diploma, two-year degree progression. Details: 01-2866233.

Senior College Dún Laoghaire

Morning course: interior design - one, two and three years. RHODEC Assoc diploma, higher national diploma, possible progression to Dublin Institute of Technology hons degree.

Course: garden design for higher national diploma. One-year progression to hons degree.

Course: auctioneering (IPAVI), one or two years for certificate. Two-year progression to hons degree.

Course: landscape design for one or two years for higher national diploma. One-year progression to hons degree. Details: 1800 2655343. Email: info@scd.ie or www.scd.ie.

John Roberts Waterford

Event: John Roberts Festival of Architecture, April 28th-30th. Details: 051-855038 or www.johnrobertswaterford.ie.

Organic Centre

Course: wholesome cooking for children and teenagers. April 22nd. Gaby Wieland, naturopath and herbalist with tips and recipes for children and teenagers. Fee: €85.

Workshop: exploring the links between blood group and diet with Dr Prannie Rhatigan. April 23rd. Details: Hans Wieland at 071-9854338 or www.theorganiccentre.ie.

Course: how to run a community food project. One-day training course. April 28th. Fee: €80 (including lunch and information package).

Course: eco-landscaping for new sites with Marella Fyffe and Lesley O'Donnell. May 6th and 7th. Fee: €160.

Course: sustainable house design and construction with Peter Cowman. June 10th. Fee: €80.

Course: dry stone wall construction with Richard O'Gorman and Bob Wilson. June 24th and 25th, July 15th and 16th, and August 19th and 20th. Fee: €160. For bookings and information call Hans Wieland on 071-9854338 or email: organiccentre@eircom.net.

Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers

Meeting: education advisory committee. April 29th, 9.45am, IPAV Headquarters, 29 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Details: 01-6785685.

AGM: May 12th, 11am, Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare, Co Limerick.

Convention: annual convention. Guest speakers include: Professor Roger Downer, president of the University of Limerick; Dr Sean Barrett, senior lecturer and fellow of Trinity College, Dublin; and Philip O'Reilly, managing director of CRM Ltd. May 12th and 13th. Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare, Co Limerick.

Dinner: convention dinner. Guest of honour: Minister for Justice Michael McDowell. May 12th, 8pm, Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare, Co Limerick.

Dublin Civic Trust

Seminar: history and construction of external joinery - sash windows, doors and shopfronts. May 22nd and 23rd.

Seminar: conservation and repair of brickwork, including historic forms of jointing and pointing. Dr Gerard Lynch, May 15th. Details: 01-475 6911.

Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037.

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