Diary

IPAVMeeting: board of directors of the Confederation of European Estate Agents. January 19th, 2007. Venue:Vienna, Austria. Tel: 01-6785685.

Course: fine and decorative art certificate course. Lectures held two evenings per week. Starts February 6th, 2007. IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Contact: 01-6785685 or www.ipav.ie.

Engineers Ireland

CPD: finance for techies - techie brekkie. January 23rd, Ulster Bank, George's Quay, D2.

CPD: construction contract awareness. January 25th and 26th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

CPD: the management of claims and resolution of disputes under new FIDIC conditions. January 29th and 30th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

CPD: organisational skills for engineers. February 1st, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

CPD: project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). February 7th and 8th, Clyde Rd, Dublin 4.

Seminar: soft ground engineering seminar. February 15th and 16th. Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone, Co Westmeath.

CPD: chairing meetings. February 21st, Clyde Rd, Dublin 4.

CPD: roads - procurement, contract and construction. February 21st and 22nd. Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

CPD: financial training for engineers. February 26th and 27th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.

Irish Architectural Archive

Exhibition: Temple Bar 15 exhibition in partnership with Temple Bar Cultural Trust marks the 15th anniversary of the architectural competition for a framework plan for Temple Bar. Till January 2007. Irish Architectural Archive's Gallery, 45 Merrion Sq, D2. Tuesday-Friday: 10am to 5pm. Admission: free. Details: 01-6633040. Email: info@iarc.ie. Web: www.iarc.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.

Irish Planning Institute

CPD: National Spatial Strategy and Atlantic corridor - post new NDP, 2007. February 1st. Registration: 2pm. Cost: €30 (members), €120 (non-members). Clarion Hotel, Steamboat Quay, Limerick. Email or phone Rachel Heffernan at 01-6628807 or rachelhef@gmail.com.

Dinner: mid-west branch, IPI inaugural dinner, February 1st, 7.30pm. IPI members attending the CPD are invited. Venue: Sinergie Restaurant, Clarion Hotel. Fee: €40 per person.

Institute of Project Management

Course: diploma in applied project management. Starts again (January 2007) - Cork, Dublin and Galway. 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 or www.scd.ie.

Dinner: Northern Ireland region gala dinner. January 20th, Dunadry Hotel, Templepatrick.

Meeting: national council. January 25th, 2.30pm, 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.

Dublin Civic Trust

CPD course: conservation engineering. Dealing with problems, solutions and approaches to historic and older buildings. Course leader: Ian Hume. February 13th, 4 Castle St, D2. Cost: €175. Details: 01-4756911.

CPD course: services in period houses and historic properties. Course leader: Peter Lawson Smith. March 26th, 4 Castle St, D2. Details: 01 4756911. Cost: €175.

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

Lecture: "decoration and Georgian houses" by Paul Arnold. January 25th, 7.30pm, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Details: 01-6761749.

College of Further Education Dundrum

Course: interior design. FETAC level five.

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

Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

CPD: SEI-approved software for energy certification of buildings, January 27th, DIT Bolton St. 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