Diary

This week's diary entries

IPAV

Meeting: exam board meeting, today, 2pm, Cork College of Commerce. Tel: 01-6785685 or e-mail info@ipav.ie

Seminar: rural affairs seminar, March 1st, 2.15pm, Days Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly. Details: 01-6785685 or e-mail: info@ipav.ie

Seminar: briefing on career opportunities to IPAV students. March 3th-5th, University of West England, Bristol, UK. Details: 01-6785685 or e-mail info@ipav.ie

RIAI

Course: health and safety - designing for safety. Details: Teresa Harte at tharte@riai.ie or 01-6691472.

IAVI

AGM: north Leinster region, February 26th, 6pm, Boyne Valley Hotel, Drogheda, Co Louth.

Engineers Ireland

Course: concrete modular course. ICS (evening) module one, February 25th, Clyde Rd, D2.

Course: conditions of engagement for construction consultants, February 26th, Clyde Rd, D2.

Course: MS project, February 27th, Springfield Hotel, Leixlip, Co Kildare.

Course: public works contract, February 27th and 28th, Clyde Rd, D2.

Course: concrete modular course ICS (evening) module one, March 3rd, Clyde Rd, D2.

Course: technical report writing. March 4th and 5th, Clyde Rd, D2.

Seminar: project management (practical applications), March 6th, Carlton Airport Hotel.

Course: chairing meetings, March 7th, Clyde Rd, D2.

Course: essential AutoCAD, March 7th, Springfield Hotel, Leixlip.

Course: concrete modular course ICS (evening) module one, March 10th, Clyde Rd, D2.

Course: project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL). March 11th and 12th, Clyde Rd, D2.

Irish Property Owners Association

Course: professional training in aspects of residential property rental in Ireland. Details: 01-8276000, e-mail info@ipoa.ieor www.ipoa.ie

Exhibition: Two minds, ten artists, ten architects, till February 28th, 2008. Curated by Marianne O'Kane. RIAI Architecture Gallery, 8 Merrion Sq, D2.

Course: health and safety - designing for safety. Details: Teresa Harte at tharte@riai.ieor 01-6691472.

Organic Centre

Course: complete organic garden in Co Wicklow, 10 days, starts February 22nd, €600. Details: 071-9854338 or www.theorganiccentre.ie

National Irish Safety Organisation

Course:Safe Pass training programme. Every Wednesday. Marino Institute of Education, D9. Every Friday - NISO, Ballymount, D12.

Course:manual handling instructor and assessor course. February 25th and 26th, NISO, Ballymount, D12.

Course:basic manual handling. February 26th and March 11th - Marino Institute of Education, D9. February 21st and April 3rd - NISO, Ballymount, D12.

Course:occupational first aid refresher/re-certification course, starts today, NISO, Ballymount, D12.

Course:occupational first aid course. March 26th, 27th and 28th - NISO, Ballymount, D12.

Course:health and safety for the non-safety specialist. March 3rd and 10th, Marino Institute of Education, D9.

Course:safety representative course. March 4th, 5th and 6th, Marino Institute of Education, D9. Bookings: www.niso.iee-mail info@niso.ieor phone 01-4659760.

Construction Industry Federation

Event:mid-west branch dinner dance, March 7th, Greenhills Hotel, Ennis Rd, Limerick. Joe O'Brien, CIF director south region, to attend. Details: Brid Cody at 021-4351410.

Event:midlands branch dinner dance, March 7th, Tullamore Court Hotel, Tullamore, Co Offaly. Ray Gilboy, CIF director, midlands and western region, to attend. Details: Gillian Ross at 091-502680.

Event:Kerry branch dinner dance, March 14th, Malton Hotel, Killarney, Co Kerry. Joe O'Brien, CIF director south region, to attend. Details: Brid Cody at 021-4351410.

Event:Cork branch dinner dance and golf outing, April 4th, Rochestown Park Hotel, Douglas, Co Cork. Golf at Castlemartyr golf club. Joe O'Brien, CIF director south region, to attend. Details: Brid Cody at 021-4351410.

Event:Donegal branch dinner dance, April 4th, Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny, Co Donegal. Ray Gilboy, CIF director, midlands and western region, to attend. Details: Gillian Ross at 091-502680.

Event:north-west branch dinner dance, April 25th, Sligo Park Hotel, Sligo. Ray Gilboy, CIF director, midlands and western region, to attend. Details: Gillian Ross at 091-502680.

Institute of Project Management

Course:international certification. Details: 01-6614677. E-mail: info@projectmanagement.ieor www.projectmanagement.ie

Course:diploma in applied project management - Dublin, Cork and Galway.

Course:project management passport starts Dublin, today.

Course:project management framework. Dublin - April 21st/22nd. Details: 01-6614677 or e-mail info@projectmanagement.ieor www.projectmanagement.ie

Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education

Courses:architectural technology and design, furniture design and manufacture, and construction technology. FETAC awarded courses. Details: 01-2809676 or visit www.dlcfe.ie

Irish Council for Social Housing

Course:education and training programme 2008. Certificate in housing management, certificate in housing development and certificate in special needs housing management. Accredited by National College of Ireland and FETAC. Details: Catherine McGillycuddy, 01-6618334. E-mail: catherine@icsh.ie or www.icsh.ie

Irish Building Control Institute

Conference:annual conference 2008, March 5th and 6th. Knockranny House Hotel, Westport, Co Mayo. Details: Tom Johnson at 01-2223468 or e-mail tom.johnson@dublincity.ie

Irish Planning Institute

Event:"sustainability - are we really achieving it?" - national planning conference, April 3rd and 4th, Westport, Co Mayo. Details: Rachel Heffernan 01-8788630 or e-mail info@irishplanninginstitute.ie

Awards:national planning awards ceremony, February 28th. Merrion Hotel (Wellington Room), 3.30pm (with drinks/finger food to follow in the Cellar Bar from 6pm). Minister John Gormley will address the ceremony at 4pm and presentations will follow.

Dublin Civic Trust

Course:structural repair of historic buildings - Ian Hume, March 10th, Dublin Civic Trust. Cost: €175.

Course:historic ironwork - Gordon Urquhart, Ali Davey and David Mitchell, April 17th. Cost: €175. Venue to be confirmed. Contact Kerry on 01-475 6911.

Chartered Institute of Building

Event:conservation project management. February 29th, The Law Society, Dublin. Cost: €150. Details: e-mail vdunn@ciob.org.uk

Senior College Dun Laoghaire

Course:sustainable and ecological design. One year for higher national certificate.

Course:facilities and property management. One year for higher national certificate.

Course:interior design. One, two or three years, mornings option, RHODEC and higher national diploma qualifications, possible degree progression to DIT.

Course:garden design. Two years for higher national diploma, leading to one further year for degree at University of Gloucester.

Course:landscape design. Two years for higher national diploma leading to one further year for degree at University of Gloucester.

Course:auctioneers. Two years for certificate (IPAV) leading to two further years for degree at College of Commerce, Cork and University of West England.

Course:health and safety. One year for higher national certificate, two years for higher national diploma, mornings option. Details: 1800 265 534. E-mail: info@scd.ie or visit www.scd.ie

Society of Chartered Surveyors

CPD:liquidation, receivership and examination. Speaker: Tom Kavanagh, Kavanagh Fennell. Today, 6.30pm. Mont Clare Hotel, Dublin.

CPD:maximising the city's potential - a strategy for intensification and height. Speaker: John O'Hara, senior planner, Dublin City Council. February 28th, 6.30pm. The Mont Clare Hotel.

Irish Property & Facility Management Association

Event:annual members lunch, February 22nd, 12.30pm, Alexander Hotel, off Merrion Square, Dublin. Irish rugby international Paul Wallace will be guest speaker at the lunch. David O'Brien, IPFMA chairman, will address the lunch.

The lunch will be preceded in the morning by the association's annual diplomas presentation to graduates of the property and facility management course. Details: Jennifer Gahan at 01-6691954 and Sandra McDowell at 01-2809755/087-2564350 or e-mail mcdpr@indigo.ie

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

Lecture:Schottenkloster: architecture of the Irish Benedictines in medieval Germany by Diarmuid O'Riain of UCD, March 10th, 7.30pm, 63 Merrion Square, D2. Details: 01-6761749.

Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037;