Diary

A list of events in your area

SENIOR COLLEGE DÚN LAOGHAIRE

Courses: Interior design - RHODEC. Landscape design - BTEC degree progression. Auctioneering - IPAV. Details: 1800-2655343. E-mail: info@scd.ie, or www.scd.ie.

BRAY INSTITUTE OF FURTHER EDUCATION

Courses: Higher national diploma course (BTEC). Degree progression in interior design, graphic design, multi-media and web design and fashion design. Certificate courses in interior design and fashion design. Bray Institute of Further Education, Novara Ave, Bray, Co Wicklow. Tel: 01-2828721, or e-mail enquiries@bife.ie.

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS

Seminar: Ecology seminar. Today.

CPD: Construction contract awareness. Today and tomorrow, January 20th and 21st. Bewleys Hotel, D4.

CPD: Project management - module one. January 26th and 27th. Burlington Hotel, Dublin.

Course: Organisational skills. February 1st. Bewleys Hotel, D4.

Course: EUROCODES - getting started. February 2nd - Cork. February 16th - Dublin.

Course: Quantities and estimating. February 16th and 17th. Bewleys Hotel, D4.

Course: Chairing meetings. February 25th. Bewleys Hotel, D4.

Course: Design for safety in construction. February 25th. Bewleys Hotel, D4.

Lecture: Alternative sources of electricity generation. Jointly with Electrical & Electronic Engineering Division and Energy & Environ Engineering Division. Speaker: L Staudt, manager, Centre for Renewable Energy, Dundalk Institute of Technology. Today at 6 p.m. Room 326, UCD Engineering School, Belfield, D4.

INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL AUCTIONEERS AND VALUERS

Exams: Certificate in auctioneering and estate agency (part-time route for mature students). January 22nd. All centres. Tel: 01-6785685.

Meeting: Full-time and part-time lecturers' induction seminar for semester B. January 22nd. IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Contact: info@ipav.ie.

CEI meeting: Meeting of the board of directors of the Confederation of European Estate Agents. February 5th. Brussels, Belgium. Contact: info@ipav.ie.

Graduation: Awards ceremony to graduates of IPAV's certificate in estate agency and valuation course. January 27th at 7.30 p.m. Great Southern City Hotel, Derry. Contact: info@ipav.ie.

Course: Fine and decorative arts evening certificate course (two evenings a week). Includes the histories of furniture, paintings, architecture and interiors, silver, glass, Persian rugs, costume and ceramics. IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Tel: 01-6785685.

SOCIETY OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS

CPD: Insolvency and liquidation - the important issues. Today at 6.30 p.m. Davenport Hotel, Merrion Sq, D2.

Dinner: Annual dinner. February 3rd. Burlington Hotel. Details: Louise Ryan 01-6765500 or www.scs.ie.

INSTITUTE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Course: Project management framework. Dublin, Cork and Galway.

Course: Diploma in applied project management (six-month programme - 13 days). Recommences: Cork, Dublin, Galway - January 2005. Phone: 01-6614677. E-mail: info@projectmanagement.ie. Web: www.projectmanagement.ie.

DUBLIN CIVIC TRUST

CPD: One-day course by Peter Lawson-Smith on planning, design and regulating services for period houses, detailing mechanisms and electrics related to new European standards and regulations. January 28th. Details: 01-4756911.

Course: Residential and land agency course tutorial. January 22nd, DIT, Bolton St, D1 (King's Inn St entrance).

Course: BSc course tutorials (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th years). January 22nd & February 5th. DIT, Bolton St, D1 (King's Inn St entrance).

Regional meeting and seminar: Northern Ireland regional meeting and seminar - economy growth and the planner. Speaker: Bill McGinnis (Invest NI). January 25th, 7.30 p.m. Dunadry Inn, Templepatrick.

Meeting: National council. January 27th at 2.30 p.m. 38 Merrion Sq, D2.

Seminar: Tax planning for property professionals and investors. February 3rd. 8.30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Speaker: Ned Gladney, Director, OSK Tax.

Course: Advanced fine art course commencing Wednesday, February 9th for nine weeks from 7p.m. to 9 p.m. Further details from Vivienne McSherry at 01-6611794.

Course: BSc course graduation. February 17th at 7.30 p.m. St Patrick's Cathedral.

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF BUILDING

CPD: The new EU Building Directive ready for January 2006? January 26th at 8 p.m. Jurys Hotel, Western Rd, Cork. Fee: €10. Contact: Philip O'Sullivan 087-9276559. E-mail: posullivan@cmd2.com or Fergal McCarthy 086-2748809. E-mail: mccarthyfer@eircom.net.

GARDEN & LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION

Seminar: Annual day-long seminar on environmental sensitivity and sustainability. Four renowned landscape designers/architects on their approach to environmental sensitivity and sustainability. February 5th, UCD. Details: www.glda.ie or from GLDA office. Tel: 01-2781824. Fax: 01-2835724. E-mail: info@glda.ie.