A guide to events this week
Irish Auctioneers & Valuers Institute
Tutorial: BSc course tutorial (first, second, third and fourth years). May 6th and May 20th. DIT, Bolton Street (King's Inn Street entrance).
Seminar: commercial day. Various speakers on investment market, going concerns, office market, pubs, retail market and valuing petrol stations. May 9th, 10am to 5.30pm. Clarion House Hotel, Sligo.
Tutorial: residential and land agency course tutorial. May 10th, National College of Ireland, IFSC.
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 Street, Dublin 1.
Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
CPD: practising architecture in Ireland (programme for architects qualified abroad and now working in Ireland), May 25th and 26th, RIAI, 8 Merrion Square. 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. Participating RIAI architects around the country will give members of the public an hour's consultation with an architect on Saturday, May 27th in return for a donation of €50 to Simon.
Engineers Ireland
CPD: management of claims and resolution of disputes under new FIDIC conditions. May 8th and 9th, Clyde Road.
CPD: organisational skills for engineers. May 12th, Clyde Road
CPD: management skills for technical professional (module one). May 16th, Radisson Hotel, Cork.
CPD: engineers Ireland accreditation criteria - one year on. What is the verdict? May 17th, Clyde Road.
CPD: 25 contractual nightmares. May 18th, Great Southern Hotel, Cork Airport.
CPD: quantities and estimating. May 18th & 19th, Clyde Road.
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; 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 and second year) exams and diploma in property management and valuation (third year) exams. May 10th-15th. Venues: Senior College Dún Laoghaire, Cavan Institute and Cork College of Commerce.
Exams: certificate in auctioneering and estate agency (first year) exams. May 13th-20th. Venues: institutes of technology Cork, Waterford, Tallaght and Athlone, and North West Institute of Further and Higher Education, Derry.
Graduation: presentation of certificates and diplomas to graduates of PIPAV's fine and decorative arts courses. May 26th, 6.30pm. St Stephen's Green Club, Dublin 2.
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. An exhibition of photographs of architecture from the serious to the whimsical, tempered by wit and humanity and conveying the atmosphere of an Ireland of the past. Exhibition will 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.
Lecture: trailing the cloak at Portumna Castle - when the knight sat at the feet of the master James Howley, architect and historian. May 9th, 1.15pm.
Lecture: in conversation with Maurice Craig. Dr John Bowman, broadcaster and historian. May 16th, 1.15pm.
Lecture: from Craig to Pevsner - the buildings of Dublin. Dr Christine Casey, University College, Dublin. May 23rd, 1.15pm.
Lecture: from the Erechtheion to the King's Inns - some caryatids you'd like to meet. Dr Edward McParland, Trinity College, Dublin. May 30th. All lectures are free, open to the public and take place in 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Information: Simon Lincoln, 01-6633046 or slincoln@iarc.ie.
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch
Lecture: the ICC rules for ADR and dispute board rules. May 8th, 11.30am. Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, D2.
Lecture: young members' lecture "arbitration - you don't deserve it. Alternatives from across the water." May 11th, 7pm, Royal Irish Automobile Club, 34 Dawson St, D2. Fee: €30.
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Lecture: cosmopolitan or confused - sources for Irish late gothic architecture. May 8th. 7.30pm. Danielle O'Donovan, Trinity College, Dublin. 63 Merrion Sq, D2.
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
