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ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2008

The 6th Annual IPFMA Conference will be held in the Croke Park Conference Centre on Thursday, 9th October 2008. This year's theme will address "Leadership for a Better Built Environment" and bookings are now being accepted. There is a 10% early bird discount for bookings received on or before 1st September and Corporate Members receive a 20% discount on all bookings.

Download the provisional information and booking form here

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IPFMA RELEASE RESIDENTIAL POSITION PAPER
June 17th 2008

The IPFMA, through its Residential sub committee, has prepared and released a Position Paper on Residential Multi-Unit Development and Management.

Download a copy here

Download the Law Reform Commission's Report on Multi-Unit Developments

View the National Consumer Agency Guide to Multi-Unit Developments

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2008


The Association's Annual General Meeting 2008 was held on Thursday, 24th April 2008.
View the Chairman's AGM Report

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From October 9 to 11 included, CIB Vlaanderen, the most important association of real estate professionals in Belgium, welcomes you to the European Real Estate Forum (EUREF), in collaboration with the international associations, CEPI and FIABCI-Belgium.

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The IPFMA is pleased to lend its support to the 4th Annual Irish Public Private Partnerships Policy Forum to be held in June. IPFMA members are entitled to a 20% discount on the registration fee.

Download the brochure and booking form

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NEW CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY

We are pleased to announce the introduction of a new category of membership - corporate - to our membership services compliment.

Take me to the Corporate Membership page

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BIFM TRAINING

April 2008
Meeting all your training and development needs with 45 courses on facilities management skills and techniques, including health & safety management.

Download 2008 Spring/Summer BIFM Training Brochure

Download 2008 BIFM Executive Programme 2008
Aimed at Director/Head of FM level

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ANNUAL MEMBERS LUNCH

The 2008 Annual Members Lunch took place on the eve of the Six Nations' Championship clash with Scotland in Croke Park, on Friday 22nd February. The venue this year was the Alexander Hotel, Merrion Square, Dublin 2.

Paul Wallace, former Irish International Rugby player, was the guest speaker and the event was, as ever, well attended.

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ANNUAL BIFM IRELAND REGION CONFERENCE

Feb 2008
The 12th Annual BIFM Ireland Region Conference was held in the Odyssey, Belfast on 15th February, 2008.

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IPFMA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007

Oct 2007
The theme of the 2007 IPFMA Conference was "The Vertical Boulevard, the Future for Mixed Use Development". In recent months, in Dublin, very large sums of money have been paid for relatively small parcels of land. We believe the developers will seek to secure their investment with landmark buildings and vertical intensification.

Click here for speaker presentations. This file may take a little longer than usual due to its size

Dublin has no tall buildings and the planners have resisted, in the past, granting permission for any form of skyscraper. The conference theme reflects on the feasibility for the Architect, Planner, Developer and Financier to deliver a sustainable residential and commercially viable development, together with how it is marketed and managed. The Conference will debate the experience of other countries and introduce Dublin to the 21st century.

The conference was chaired by Cliodhna O'Donoghue, Property Editor of the Irish Independent. The speaker line up was as follows:Internationally Acclaimed Architect, Eric R. Kuhne, Dr. Brendan Williams, Planning (UCD), Owen O'Neill, Director of Lending at Anglo Irish Bank, John Bruder from Treasury Holdings and Michael Ostinelli from Ostinelli and Associates.

The conference was held in Croke Park, a exciting new venue with an increased capacity, in order to build on the the successes of previous years.

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RESULTS OF IRISH BENCHMARKING ON SERVICES CHARGES REPORT 2007

June 2007
Download the Irish Benchmarking Results 2007 Presentation

Initiated by the IPFMA (Irish Property & Facility Management Association) and carried out by IPD Occupiers, the world leading property performance analysts, the benchmarking survey for property occupiers in Ireland was launched on 27th June 2007.



Pictured at the launch of the IPFMA / IPD benchmarking survey 2007 (Berkeley Court Hotel, Dublin) was speaker Felix McKenna, director of property services at eircom and managing director of its property development company, a past chairman of the IPFMA and current president of the Society of Chartered Surveyors (SCS).

View the accompanying press release

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IPFMA SALARY SURVEY 2006

January 2007
The inaugural Irish Property & Facility Management (IPFMA) salary survey was launched, with the backing of Hays Construction & Property, was officially launched in January 2007. The survey was totally anonymous with questions covering level of education, length of service, salary, bonus and benefits.

Download the IPFMA Salary Survey

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Chairman’s Address, ipfma AGM, 11 May 2006

View the Chairman's address, delivered at the IPFMA Annual General Meeting on 11th May 2006

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