Diary

IPAV:Awards ceremony for graduates of IPAV's certificate in auctioneering and estate agency course. December 5th: Silver Springs Moran Hotel, Cork.

Meeting:national executive council, December 12th, 5pm. IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6785685.

IAVI

Meeting:national council. Today at 2.30pm in 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.

Lectures:BSc course lectures (first, second, third and fourth years). December 2nd, DIT, Bolton Street, Dublin 1.

Lecture:residential and land agency course lectures. December 2nd, DIT Bolton Street, Dublin 1 (King's Inn Street entrance).

Seminar:the regeneration of Grangegorman. Speakers: Prof Brian Norton and Kevin Dowling. December 6th, 5.30pm. Minerva Room, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Exhibition:Building Better Communities by Design Exhibition. Letterkenny Public Services Centre, Neill T Blaney Road, Letterkenny, Co Donegal. Monday-Friday: 9.30am-6pm. Saturday: 10am-6pm. Admission: free.

Course:health and safety - designing for safety. Half-day programme to support architects in meeting new requirements. Developed by the RIAI and Douglas Wallace Architects. Dublin: December 1st (10am-2pm); December 12th (9am-1pm); December 15th (9am-1pm). Also available in-house. Details: tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.

Exhibition:New World Architecture Exhibition co-ordinated by the Chicago Athenaeum. Exhibition of 60 projects selected for the 2006 International Architecture Awards and the 2006 American Architecture Awards on display in the Architecture Centre, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm. Admission: free. The New World Architecture Exhibition runs until January 10th, 2007.

Engineers Ireland

CPD:organisational skills for engineers. Today. Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

CPD:method of measurement at roadworks (NRA). December 1st, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

CPD:project management - module two (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, University of Limerick). December 5th and 6th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

Seminar:innovation seminar. December 8th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

CPD:techie brekkie - marketing made simple. December 12th, Ulster Bank, George's Quay, Dublin 2.

CPD:technical report writing. December 12th and 13th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

Seminar:foreign professionals in construction - evening seminar and networking event. December 13th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

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 (six-month programme - 13 days). Starts again (January 2007): Cork, Dublin and Galway.

Course:project management framework. Dublin: December 18th/19th. Email: ... 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 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.

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

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 the Temple Bar area of Dublin. The exhibition runs until 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.

Society of Chartered Surveyors

CPD lecture:"the Grafton Street retail quarter - planning for the future" by Mary Conway. Today at 6pm in the Mont Clare Hotel, Dublin 2. Further details are available from Emma Molloy. Telephone: 01-6765500.

Organic Centre

Event:Green Christmas Craft Fair. December 3rd, 11am to 5pm. The Organic Centre, Rossinver, Co Leitrim. Further details: 071-9854338. Email: organiccentre@eircom.net.

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