IAVI Meeting:Connaught/Donegal region AGM. March 20th, 5pm. Sligo Park Hotel, Sligo.
AGM and seminar:Northern Ireland regional AGM and seminar. Topic: auction law - theory in practice. Speaker: Kevin Milhench. March 21st, 7.30pm. The Dunadry Hotel, Templepatrick.
AGM:north Leinster region AGM. March 22nd, 7pm. D Hotel, Drogheda, Co Louth.
Conference:IAVI conference, March 30th to April 1st, Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny. Pre-conference golf outing at Mount Juliet on March 29th. Enquiries: valerie@iavi.ie.
Engineers Ireland
CPD:creative problem solving (session one). March 20th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD:construction contract awareness, March 21st and 22nd, Clyde Road, Dublin 2.
CPD: project management - module one (in conjunction with Centre for Project Management, UL), March 21st and 22nd, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
Event:conferring of titles ceremony and engineering excellence awards. The Helix, DCU. March 23rd.
CPD:method of measurement at roadworks (NRA), March 23rd, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD:MS project - techie brekkie. March 27th, Ulster Bank, George's Quay, Dublin 2.
Seminar:fire and safety engineering - compliance in the 21st century. March 28th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
CPD:creative problem solving (session two). March 27th, Clyde Road, Dublin 4.
RIAI
Conference:national housing conference 2007, Transforming the Irish Housing Environment: Policy and Implementation, organised by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, March 25th to 27th, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin 9. Details: www.nationalhousingconference.ie.
Course:conservation induction module, April 3rd, 4th, 17th, 18th and May 1st with practical day (April 18th) in Rathfarnham Castle. Contact: cbolstger@riai.ie, or call 01-6691472.
Course:health and safety - designing for safety. March 22nd; April 13th, 9am to 1pm. In-house delivery also available. Contact: cbolster@riai.ie, or call 01-6691472.
Exhibition:LOCUS - Light, Space, Mater is the first Irish exhibition by green architect and sculptor Michalis Souvatzidas and will run from today until April 9th. Monday-Friday: 9am to 5pm. The Architecture Centre, RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Lecture:Synthesising Contrasts in the work of Michalis Souvatzidis: A view over Green architecture in the second part of the 20th century. In conjunction with the LOCUS exhibition, the RIAI will host a special lecture by visiting associate professor Panayotis Tournikiotis of the National Technical University of Athens, School of Architecture, Greece. March 22nd, 6.15pm. Details: 01-6691463 or email lmarshall@riai.ie.
Irish Building Control Institute
Conference:annual conference 2007, March 22nd and 23rd, Bunratty Shannon Shamrock Hotel and Conference Centre, Bunratty, Co Clare. Details: Tom Johnson 01-2223468, or e-mail tom.johnson@dublincity.ie.
Bray Institute of Further Education
Courses:interior design, FETAC level five one-year course; BTEC higher national diploma two-year course with progression to degree.
Course:furniture design, FETAC level five.
Course:garden design, FETAC level five.
Course:graphic design, BTEC higher national diploma.
Course:fashion design, FETAC level five one-year course; BTEC higher national diploma. Details: 01-2866233.
Dublin Civic Trust
CPD course:services in period houses and historic properties. Course leader: Peter Lawson Smith, March 26th. Cost: €175. 4 Castle Street, Dublin 2. Details: 01-4756911.
CPD: historic ironwork - repair, maintenance and conservation. Course leaders: David Mitchell (Historic Scotland); Gordon Urquhart (former assistant director Glasgow Conservation Trust West) and Ali Davey (Historic Scotland). May 19th. Dublin Civic Trust, 4 Castle Street, Dublin 1. Details: 01-4756911. Email: info@dublincivictrust.ie.
Institute of Project Management
Course:diploma in applied project management, Cork, Dublin and Galway. E-mail: info@projectmanagement.ie, or www.projectmanagement.ie. Details: 01-6614677.
Senior College Dún Laoghaire
Morning course:health and safety, one-year course leading to higher national certificate.
Morning course:interior design - one, two and three years. RHODEC Association diploma, higher national diploma, progression to degree at DIT.
Course:garden design for one or two years, leading to higher national diploma.
Course:auctioneering (IPAV), two years for certificate, two-year progression to degree.
Course:landscape design (one or two years) for higher national diploma. Details: 1800-2655343 or www.scd.ie.
Irish Planning Institute
Event:national planning conference 2007. April 19th-20th, 10am. New Park Hotel, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny. Cost: €350 (members), €560 (non-members). Details: 01-8788630 or email info@irishplanninginstitute.ie.
Organic Centre
Event: Potato Day, March 18th, 11am to 5pm. Potato collector Dave Langford introduces 150 varieties of potatoes. From 2pm-3pm there will be organised activities for children of all ages - make potato people, stories and quiz. Details: 071-9854338, email organiccentre@eircom.net or theorganiccentre.ie.
Irish Concrete Society
Dinner:Irish Concrete Society 2006 awards evening, March 24th, The Dining Hall, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Details: Jane Governey (01-2302355) for tickets or to pre-book tables.
National College of Art and Design
Course:master of arts in design history and material culture. Taught course by full-time or part-time mode. Closing date: April 2nd. Details: NCAD Admissions Office at 01-6364200 or see www.ncad.ie.
Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition:decorating the Georgian Interior. An exhibition of drawings from the Stapleton collection in the National Library of Ireland until June 1st, 2007. Tuesday-Friday: 10am to 5pm. Admission: free.
Lecture:Neoclassicism - the true style. Speaker: Dr Lynda Mulvin. UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy. March 20th, 1.15pm.
Lecture:decorating the Georgian interior. Selected drawings from the Stapleton collection, National Library of Ireland. Speaker: Conor Lucey. UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy. March 27th, 1.15pm.
Lecture:the conservation of decorative plasterwork. Speaker: Richard Ireland, historic buildings consultant. April 3rd, 1.15pm. All lectures are free, open to the public and take place in the Irish Architectural Archive, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Booking is essential. Details: 01-6633040 or slincoln@iarc.ie.
Society of Chartered Surveyors
Seminar:measuring practice guidance notes. Today. Grafton 1 and 11 suites, Westbury Hotel, Dublin 2. Contact: Lisa Hayes 01-6765500.
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