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Contact | Oct 10 Regional News

Diary highlights CIOB IN IRELAND

New arts building boosts Belfast’s cultural offering

EAST OF ENGLAND Contract Law & Awareness 19 October, 7.30pm, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford Contact: sbriggs@ciob.org.uk Pathfinder — BSF Project Delivered in Partnership 19 October, 7pm, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield Contact: sbriggs@ciob.org.uk Key Changes to Building Regulations 20 October, Norfolk Centre Contact: mrix@ciob.org.uk Building Control — Parts F & L Explained 20 October, Suffolk Centre Contact: mrix@ciob.org.uk Building Regulations Update 11 November, 7pm, Civic Offices, Milton Keynes Contact: sbriggs@ciob.org.uk

EAST MIDLANDS Construction After the Recession - Where Are We Now? 9 November, 8.30am, Nottingham Contact: jnewton@ciob.org.uk Lincoln Cathedral Workshop Visit 10 November, 2pm, Lincoln Contact: jnewton@ciob.org.uk Legal Update for Construction Professionals 24 November, 7pm, Markfield Contact: trock@ciob.org.uk

The Belfast skyline continues its development with another new building – the Metropolitan Arts Centre (The MAC). The project is taking shape in the heart of the Cathedral Quarter in the city centre, and is generating much local excitement. The £17.7m MAC will be Northern Ireland’s

flagship home for all the arts (visual art, theatre, dance, music and comedy) aiming to attract around 200,000 visitors annually when it opens in early 2012. The 5,500m2

arts centre will be six storeys

high and will house two theatres, three visual art galleries (with innovative closed-control gallery technology and design), dance studios, rehearsal rooms, offices and a bar/restaurant.

The MAC is the first public building from the

winner of the 2008 Young Architect of the Year award – Hackett Hall McKnight. The construction work will provide employment

for 420 people. The contract was awarded to Bowen Mascott, a joint venture between two building firms from Cork and Belfast. Robert Price, project manager and Stephen Lee,

site manager, will be taking CIOB members on a tour of the site on Friday 15 October 2010. Booking is essential.

To book a place on the site visit contact Bronagh McCotter on 08450 706157 or bmccotter@ciob.org.uk

Book now for influencers’ dinner in Edinburgh

A few places remain for the CIOB Industry Influencers’ forum/dinner in Edinburgh later this month. Leaders in construction and prominent

MSPs will take part in a Question Time-style forum followed by a networking meal. Other guests will include leading politicians — representatives from the Labour Party, the Lib Dems and the Conservatives are

confirmed — fellow industry leaders, and senior CIOB members. The dinner will be held in The Hilton Caledonian Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh on Wednesday 27 October. It will start at 5pm with tea and coffee before the forum at 5.30pm and the networking at 7.30pm. The dress code is lounge suits. Tickets are £80 per person.

To book your place please contact Lynne McKay on lmckay@ciob.org.uk

IRELAND Site Visit to The MAC 15 October, Belfast Contact: bmccotter@ciob.org.uk Site Visit to New Enniskillen Hospital 16 October, 9:45am, Enniskillen Contact: bmccotter@ciob.org.uk Professional Review Workshop & Panel Member Training 20 October, 5pm & 7pm, Carlton Hotel, Dublin Airport Contact: pgiuriato@ciob.org.uk Western Centre Dinner Dance 2010 20 November, 7.30pm, Limerick Contact: pgiuriato@ciob.org.uk

WALES Code for Sustainable Homes and How It Can Be Achieved 17 November, 6.30pm Rhos-On-Sea Contact: kpercival@ciob.org.uk

LONDON Modular Construction CPD Event 20 October, 6pm, The Union Jack Club, Waterloo Contact: melliott@ciob.org.uk EPA/EPAR Workshop 3 November, 6pm, The Union Jack Club, Waterloo Contact: chierlehy@ciob.org.uk

NORTH EAST Considerate Constructors 28 October, 6pm, Durham Contact: dthorpe@ciob.org.uk Green Energy 9 November, 6pm Contact: dthorpe@ciob.org.uk