Diary

This week's events

IPAV

Meeting:national executive council. April 4th, 4pm. IPAV HQ,, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2

Event:fine & decorative arts tour - IPAV diploma students' visit to London galleries, stately homes and exhibitions, April 4th-7th. Details: 01-6785685 or e-mail info@ipav.ie.

IAVI

Seminar:Northern Ireland region seminar - racial equality regarding sale/letting of property. Speaker: Jim Glacken, The Equality Commission. March 19th, 7.30pm, the Dunadry Hotel, Templepatrick.

Engineers Ireland

Course:organisational skills for engineers. Today, Clyde Road, D4.

Course:Excel for engineers, March 27th, Springfield Hotel, Leixlip.

Course:FIDIC/ECV module one "practical use of the FIDIC contracts, 1999 editions". March 31st and April 1st, Clyde Rd, D4.

Irish Property Owners Association

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

Construction Industry Federation

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. Joe O'Brien, CIF director south region, to attend. Details: Brid Cody at 021-435 1410.

RIAI

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

Institute of Project Management

Course:international certificate. E-mail info@projectmanagement.ie, phone 01-6614677 or www.projectmanagement.ie.

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

Course:project management framework. Dublin - April 21st/22nd. Details: 01-6614 677 or e-mail info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.

Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education

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

Irish Council for Social Housing

Course:education and training programme 2008. Cert in housing management, cert in housing development and cert in special needs housing management. Accredited by National College of Ireland, FETAC. Details: Catherine McGillycuddy, 01-6618 334. E-mail: catherine@icsh.ie or www.icsh.ie.

Irish Planning Institute

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

Dublin Civic Trust

Course:historic ironwork - Gordon Urquhart, Ali Davey and David Mitchell, April 17th. Cost: €175. Contact Kerry on 01-4756911.

Senior College Dun Laoghaire

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

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

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

NCAD

Course:MA in design history and material culture. Closing date for registration in autumn 2008 is March 18th. Details: NCAD Admissions Office at 01-6364200 or e-mail morana@ncad.ie or www.ncad.ie/research.

Society of Chartered Surveyors

CPD:value engineering of M & E services - a specialist contractors prospective. Speaker: Kieron Timmons, engineering and general manager, McKenna Engineering Services. Today, 6.30pm, Mont Clare Hotel.

CPD:property-related tax incentives - past, present and future with Ken Hardy, tax partner KPMG. Today, Mont Clare Hotel, 6.30pm.

National Irish Safety Organisation

Course:manual handling instructor and assessor course. March 31st, April 1st, 2nd, 7th and 8th. Marino Institute of Education, D9.

Course:VDU/DSE assessors course. March 26th and 27th. NISO, Ballymount, D12. See www.niso.ie. E-mail: info@niso.ie. Tel: 01-4659760.

Course:manual handling instructor and assessor refresher course. April 1st and 2nd. Marino Institute of Education, D9. E-mail info@niso.ie, www.niso.ie or 01-4659760.

Course:safety representative course. April 8th, 9th, 10th. NISO, Ballymount, D12. Dates to be scheduled for Marino Institute of Education.

Organic Centre

Event:10th annual Potato Day at the Organic Centre, March 16th, 11am to 6pm. Trevor Sargent, Minister for Food and Horticulture, to attend. Potato collector Dave Langford, a member of the UN ad-hoc steering committee for the International Year of the Potato, to display over 100 varieties of potatoes. Fee: €5. Friends and children free. E-mail: info@theorganiccentre.ie, phone 071 98 54338 or www.theorganiccentre.ie.

Irish Construction

Conference:health and education construction - the Euro10b plus opportunity. April 10th, Pavilion Conference Centre, Leopardstown Racecourse, D18. Contact: Sarah Doolan 01-7642413. E-mail sarah@commercialevents.ie or www.irishconstruction.com. CIOB CPD accredited.

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch

Event:workshop on arbitration practice. Interactive discussion forum. April 12th. E-mail: ciarb@arbitration.ie.

Lecture:annual Kenneth McQuillan lecture. April 21st, 7pm, UCD. E-mail: ciarb@arbitration.ie.

Seminar: new dispute resolution procedures for public works (GCCC) and private contracts, April 30th. Seminar will be of particular interest to government departments, local authorities, contractors, engineers, architects, quantity surveyors, and legal professionals. E-mail: ciarb@arbitration.ie.