Diary

A calender of events for your diary

Irish Auctioneers & Valuers Institute

Tutorial: BSc course tutorial (first, second, third and fourth years). May 20th, DIT, Bolton St, D1.

Seminar: agricultural and rural day. Speakers on trading entitlements, population change in rural areas, Doha Round of WTO negotiations and farm level effects of recent policy changes. May 15th, 10am to 4pm, Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

Tutorial: residential and land agency course tutorial. May 20th, DIT, Bolton St, D1.

Meeting: Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar. May 23rd, 7.30pm. Listed buildings - procedures and implications. Speaker: Manus Deery. Dunadry Hotel, Templepatrick

Seminar: mortgage valuations with Aine Myler. May 25th, 5.30pm, Mont Clare Hotel, D2.

Seminar: Part 5 update - entitlement to fees; wayleaves and rights of way; e-conveyancing and family law. May 29th, 10am to 5.30pm, South Court Hotel, Limerick.

Exams: BSc exams for first, second, third and fourth years. June 8th & 9th. DIT, Bolton St, D1.

Exams: residential and land agency course. June 14th, 15th and 16th. NCI, IFSC, D1.

Meeting: national council. June 16th, 4.15pm. Mount Wolseley Hotel, Tullow, Co Carlow.

Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland

CPD: practising architecture in Ireland (for architects qualified abroad working in Ireland), May 25th and 26th, RIAI, 8 Merrion Sq. 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. RIAI architects will give members of the public an hour's consultation with an architect on May 27th for a €50 donation to Simon.

Engineers Ireland

CPD: organisational skills for engineers. May 12th, Clyde Rd.

CPD: management skills for technical professional. May 16th, Radisson Hotel, Cork.

CPD: Engineers Ireland accreditation criteria - one year on. The verdict? May 17th, Clyde Road.

CPD: 25 contractual nightmares. May 18th. Great Southern Hotel, Cork Airport.

CPD: quantities and estimating. May 18th and 19th, Clyde Rd.

CPD: chairing meetings. May 19th. Clyde Rd.

CPD: maintenance management for engineers. May 23rd and 24th, Clyde Rd.

CPD: CPD company of the year symposium. May 30th, Burlington Hotel, Dublin.

CPD: project management. May 31st and June 1st, Clyde Rd.

Seminar: dietician Paula Mee and holistic therapist Karen Ward from the Health Square offer advise. May 23rd, 7.30pm, the Atrium, Ulster Bank, George's Quay, D2. Fee: €15 (members) and €20 (non-members). Breakfast included.

Seminar: Ireland's dependence on European refining developments. May 24th, 8am. Breakfast from 7.30am. Speaker: Neil O'Carroll, manager, ConocoPhillips Whitegate refinery. Engineers Ireland, 22 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Details: Gabby Lynch at 01-6090222 or email gabby@engineersireland.ie.

Institute of Project Management

Course: diploma in applied project management. Recommences: Cork, Dublin, Galway. September 2006.

Course: project management framework. May 22nd/23rd and June 14th and 15th.

Course: international certification. Details: 01-6614677. Email:info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.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, one-year course.

Course: garden design. FETAC level five, one-year course.

Course: graphic design. BTEC higher national diploma.Two-year course with progression to degree.

Course: fashion design. FETAC level five. One-year course. BTEC higher national diploma. Two-year course with progression to degree. Design courses commencing September 2006. Details: 01-2866233.

Senior College Dún Laoghaire

Morning course: interior design - one, two and three years. RHODEC Assoc diploma, higher national diploma, progression to hons degree at DIT.

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

Organic Centre

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, August 19th and 20th. Fee: €160. Details: from Hans Wieland, 071-9854338, or email: organiccentre@eircom.net.

Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers

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

Convention: annual convention. Guest speakers: 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.

Exams: certificate in auctioneering and estate agency (first year) exams. May 13th-20th. Venues: institutes of technology at Cork, Waterford, Tallaght, Athlone and North West Institute of Further and Higher Education, Derry.

Graduation: presentation of certs and diplomas to graduates of PIPAV's fine and decorative arts courses. May 26th, 6.30pm. St Stephen's Green Club, D2.

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.

Irish Architectural Archive

Exhibition: Maurice Craig: 50 years of photographing architecture. Exhibition of photographs of architecture from the serious to the whimsical, conveying Ireland of the past, to run in the Irish Architectural Archive's Gallery, 45 Merrion Square until September 2006. Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am to 5pm. Admission: free. Tel: 01-6633040. Email: info@iarc.ie or visit www.iarc.ie.

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch

Lecture: young members' lecture "arbitration - you don't deserve it. Alternatives from across the water". Today, 7pm. Royal Irish Automobile Club, 34 Dawson St, D2. Fee: €30.

Society of Chartered Surveyors

AGM: Today, 6pm. 5 Wilton Place. Details: Louise Ryan 01-6765500 or www.scs.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