DIARY

Dates for your diary.

IPAV

Meeting: national executive council, June 13th, 4pm, IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Tel: 01 6795685 or e-mail info@ipav.ie.

IAVI

Event: 59th FIABCI World Congress - "water: threats, opportunities and possibilities". May 29th-31st. Amsterdam.

Exams: BSc course, June 5th and 6th, DIT Bolton St, D1 (Kings Inn St entrance).

Exams: residential and land agency (second semester). June 5th 6th, DIT Bolton St, D1.

Meeting: EGM, June 16th, 12.45pm, 38 Merrion Sq, D2.

Course: international property specialist course (CIPS), June 23rd-28th, Trinity College, D2. Contact: Valerie Bourke at valerie@iavi.ie or www.iavi.ie.

Irish Property Owners Association

Course: aspects of residential property rental in Ireland. Details: 01 827 6000, e-mail info@ipoa.ie or www.ipoa.ie.

RIAI

Course: health and safety - designing for safety. Details: Teresa Harte at tharte@riai.ie or phone 01 669 1472.

Institute of Project Management

Course: diploma in applied project management, starts Dublin, Cork (Sept).

Course: project management passport, starts Dublin, Limerick (September) and Cork (October).

Course: international certification. Details: 01 661 4677, www.projectmanagement.ie or e-mail info@projectmanagement.ie.

Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education

Course: architectural technology and design, furniture design and manufacture and construction technology. Details: 01 280 9676 or www.dlcfe.ie.

National Irish Safety Organisation

Course: safety representative. June 4th-6th, Marino Inst of Education, D9 and August 20th-22nd, NISO, Ballymount, D12.

Course: safe pass. June 18th/July 2nd/July 16th. Marino Inst of Education, D9. Every Friday: NISO, Ballymount, D12.

Course: occupational first aid, June 19th, Marino Inst of Education, and July 17th, NISO, Ballymount. Details: 01 465 9760, e-mail info@niso.ie or www.niso.ie.

Course: NISO OSH cert, Sept 1st for eight weeks (Marino Inst of Education) and from Oct 7th (NISO, Ballymount).

Seminar: SHWW 2005 Act and general application regulations 2007 update. June 24th, Marino Ins of Education.

Seminar: health and safety (directors/senior managers. June 11th, NISO, Ballymount.

Course: VDU/DSE assessors, June 17th 18th, Marino Inst of Education, July 7th-8th, NISO, Ballymount.

Course: health safety for non-specialists, July 1st, 8th, Marino Inst of Education.

Course: occupational first aid, June 17th-19th, Marino Inst of Education, and July 15th-17th, NISO, Ballymount.

Course: noise measurement, June 24th-25th and July 1st-2nd (Marino Inst of Education).

Course: manual handling instructor and assessor, June 16th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, 24th (NISO, Ballymount) and July 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 28th, 29th (Marino Inst of Education).

Course: manual handling instructor and assessor (refresher), June 17th, 18th, NISO, Ballymount, and July 22nd, 23rd (Marino Inst of Education).

Course: basic manual handling, June 10th, July 24th (Marino Inst of Education), June 19th, July 9th (NISO, Ballymount). Tel: 01 465 9760, www.niso.ie, e-mail info@niso.ie.

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch

Course: mediation accreditation training and assessment. Training will be held on June 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th. Assessment will be held on July 4th and 5th. Tel: 01 465 9760 or e-mail ciarb@arbitration.ie.

Event: annual golf outing, June 13th, 2.30pm, Powerscourt Golf Club. E-mail: ciarb@arbitration.ie.

Irish Construction

Conference: Sustainabuild 2008 Conference, June 12th, OReilly Hall, UCD, Belfield.

Ballsbridge College of Further Education

Course: auctioneering. Tel: 01 668 4806, e-mail info@ballsbridge.cdvec.ie or www.ballsbridgecollege.com.

Course: how to live the good life - organic gardening, growing and using herbs and fruit, cheesemaking, baking and wholefood cooking, jam making, etc, July 21st to 25th, www.theorganiccentre.ie. Fee: €690. Tel: 071 985 4338, or e-mail info@theorganiccentre.ie.

Irish Complimentary Educational Systems

Workshop: property masterclass, May 31st, September 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, October 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th.

Irish Architectural Archive

Exhibition: North by North West - the Life and Work of Liam McCormick, till July 4th.

Pearse College of Further Education

Course: architectural draughting CAD.

Course: architectural technology and design. Construction Industry Federation

Conference: FIEC construction conference and congress, June 19th-21st. Tel: 01 295 8181 or www.fiecdublin.com.

Exhibition: 23rd Architectural Association of Ireland Awards exhibition, till May 30th, Irish Architecture Archive, 45 Merrion Sq, D2.

Commercial Events

Conference: sustainabuild, June 12th, OReilly Hall, UCD, Belfield. Tel: 01 764 2413, e-mail sarah@commercialevents.ie or www.commercialevents.ie.

Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPD)

Seminar: Leinster CPA Society summer breakfast seminar, June 11th, 7.30am-9am. The Westin Hotel, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2.

Irish Architecture Foundation

Event: conversations about architecture and the built environment. The Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Irish Architecture Foundation have launched a series of public meetings to consult the public on the new policy on architecture. Tel: 01 670 8620, www.conversationsaboutarchitecture.ie or www.architecturefoundation.ie.

European Network for Housing Research

Conference: shrinking cities, sprawling suburbs, changing countrysides, July 6th-9th, UCD. Details: www.enhr2008.com.