IRISH AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS INSTITUTE

Tutorials: BSc course tutorials, January 21st

Tutorials:; residential and land agency course tutorials. January 21st at DIT Bolton St, D1.

Annual dinner: Northern Ireland region annual dinner. January 21st, Dunadry Hotel, Belfast.

Meeting: Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar. Topic: disability legislation relative to domestic and commercial buildings. Speaker: Billy Gillespie. January 24th, 7.30pm. Dunadry Hotel, Belfast.

Meeting: national council. January 26th, 2.30pm. 38 Merrion Sq, D2.

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS IN IRELAND

CPDs: construction contract awareness. January 19th and 20th; technical report writing. January 19th and 20th; organisational skills for engineers. February 1st; designing for safety in construction. February 8th; project management: module one. February 9th and 10th; maintenance management for engineers. February 14th and 15th; project management - module one. Limerick. February 14th and 15th; quantities and estimating. February 16th and 17th; chairing meetings. February 22nd; management skills for technical professionals programme discipline - biopharma. Module three: February 2nd. Module four: February 22nd; persuasion engineering - influencing skills for engineers. January 31st and February 1st.

Lecture: remediation of former gasworks at Sir John Rogerson's Quay. Co-hosted with Geotechnical. Today at 6pm. Venue: 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Lecture: Dublin Port Tunnel - the electrical engineer's contribution. Today at 6pm. Venue: Room 326, UCD Engineering School, Dublin 4.

BRAY INSTITUTE OF FURTHER EDUCATION

Courses: furniture design, garden design, graphic design, fashion design. Details: 01-2866233.

SENIOR COLLEGE DÚN LAOGHAIRE

Courses: interior design, landscape and garden design, auctioneering. Details 1800 2655343 or www.scd.ie

ORGANIC CENTRE

Courses: planting a small woodland, living willow structures, gardening for wildlife, creating a wild flower area or meadow with EcoSeeds. All courses are from 10am to 5pm with lunch in the Grass Roof Cafe included. Call 071-9854338 or visit www.the organiccentre.ie.

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BUILDING

CPD: accessibility for the built environment. January 27th at CIF, Eastgate Ave, Little Island, Co Cork. Email philip_osullivan@corkcity.ie.

INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS

Lectures: fine and decorative arts commencing February 1st: Wednesday evenings at IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2.

Course: fine and decorative art certificate course commences February 7th. Two evenings a week at IPAV Headquarters, as above. 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