Upcoming planning and development events and courses
IRISH ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE
Exhibition: Collection Building, an exhibition from the holdings of the Irish Architectural Archive. Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm, 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6633040. Email: info@iarc.ie. Web: www.iarc.ie.
ORGANIC CENTRE
Course: home composting and waste reduction with Brenda Palmer, June 18th. Organic Centre course, Airfield House, Dundrum, Dublin 14. Fee: €85.
Course: how to green your home, June 11th. Fee: €75.
Course: dry stone wall construction, June 18th and 19th. Fee: €140.
Course: practical green building with Colin Belle. Two-day course, July 2nd-3rd, 10am to 5pm. Cost: €150.
Course: dry stone wall building with Richard O'Gorman and Bob Wilson. Two-day course, July 23rd-24th. Cost: €150.
Course: learn how to live the "good life". July 25th-29th. The Organic Centre, Rossinver, Co Leitrim.
Course: reedbed and wetland systems with Ollan Herr, July 30th, 10am to 5pm. Cost: €75. Details: Hans Wieland at 071-9854338. E-mail: organiccentre@eircom.net or www.theorganiccentre.ie.
CHARTERED SURVEYORS
Meeting: quantity surveyors divisional committee. Today 8am; 5 Wilton Place.
Meeting: council meeting, June 14th, 1pm, 5 Wilton Place. Details: Louise Ryan at 01-6765500 or www.scs.ie.
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS IN IRELAND
CPD: project management - module two. June 15th and 16th, Cork.
CPD: techie brekkie, Ulster Bank, June 21st.
CPD: project management - module two, June 28th and 29th. University of Limerick.
CPD: designing for safety in construction, July 7th. IEI, Clyde Road.
CPD: designing for safety in construction, July 21st. IEI, Clyde Road.
CPD: construction contract awareness, September 6th and 7th, 22 Clyde Road
CPD: technical report writing. September 27th and 28th, 22 Clyde Road. Details: 01-6090222.
Lecture: contact robotics - human-interactive robotic technologies by Prof Neville Hogan, professor of mechanical engineering, professor of brain and cognitive sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Today at 5pm. Room 326, The Engineering Building, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4. Details: Dr Rebecca Beck. Tel: 01-716 1911 or e-mail: rebecca.eck@ucd.ie.
Meeting: exam board meeting for full-time students. June 16th, 9.30am. Cork College of Commerce, Morrison's Island, Cork.
Meeting: board of directors of the Confederation of European Estate Agents, June 17th, Bucharest, Romania.
Meeting: exam board meeting for part-time students. June 23rd, 9.30am. Cork College of Commerce, Morrison's Island, Cork.
Meeting: education advisory committee, June 25th, 10.30am. Imperial Hotel, South Mall, Cork.
Tutorials: BSc property management tutorials for distance learning students. July 4th, 5th and 6th. College of Estate Management, Reading, UK.
IRISH CONCRETE SOCIETY
Awards: 2005 Irish Concrete Society award for excellence in the design or construction of a completed building, structure or concrete element, irrespective of type, scale or complexity. Nominations for the awards may be made by clients, architects, consulting engineers, materials suppliers, contractors or others directly involved with the nomination. Nominations must refer to work completed since January 1st, 2002. Closing date for completed application forms is September 9th, 2005. Details: the honorary secretary on 041-9876466 or email secretary@concrete.ie.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Course: diploma in applied project management. Recommences in Cork and Dublin - September 2005. Tel: 01-6614677. Email: info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.
IAVI
Exams: residential and land agency course exams, June 22nd, 23rd and 24th. National College of Ireland, IFSC, Dublin 1.
LANDSCAPE ALLIANCE IRELAND
Convention: European landscape convention (Florence convention). Third meeting of the workshops for the implementation of the European landscape convention. June 16th-18th.
Event: Cork 2005 European landscape week. Associated public events. June 13th to 17th. Millennium Hall, City Hall, Cork. Details: 021-4871460. Email: bhl@indigo.ie or visit www.landscape-forum-ireland.com.
SENIOR COLLEGE DÚN LAOGHAIRE
Courses: Interior design - RHODEC. First year, mornings only. Landscape and garden design - BTEC degree progression. Auctioneering - IPAV. Details: 1800-2655343. Email: info@scd.ie or see www.scd.ie.
IRISH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL HOUSING
Seminar: the Irish Council for Social Housing is inviting applications for its biennial community housing award 2005. Competition is open to all voluntary housing associations, housing co-operatives and local authorities. Details: Chris White, ICSH, head of development, at 01-6618334 or visit www.icsh.ie.
Event: an afternoon field trip exploring a hay meadow with botanist Dr Declan Doogue. June 12th at 3.30pm. Meeting at ticket sales area. Tickets: €5. Details: 01-2984301 or email marian@airfield.ie.
• 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
