This section features a number of favourite Internet & Digital Innovations & Tools which may be of interest to professionals.  Being a Civil Engineer, the content is engineering biased.

• Electronic Public Consultation - A personal initiative, to evaluate the use of the internet to consult the public about proposed highway schemes.  Includes live consultations for road schemes in Bedfordshire. Works information websites are also being produced maintained.
   
• Virtual Seminar Library - Web versions of Civil Engineering Seminars & Evening Meetings.  These include presentation slides with associated audio, and other relevant information from the event.  This innovation is designed to help busy professionals gain CPD, and provide access for reference.
   
• The Mobile Computing Revolution - Small handheld computing devices have changed the way engineers work and communicate.  Click this way for information and guidance.
   
• Getting the Best Use Out of Your Digital Camera.  A few tips for capturing construction projects. I have also produced a feature about Creating Timelapse Video, which is fantastic way to create a record of construction activity.
   
• Managing the Use of Internet Access in the Work Place - A briefing sheet written by yours truly (click the link to open a PDF file (46KB). If your computer cannot read the PDF file, click here and download the Adobe PDF Reader.
   
• E-Construction - Management of Project Information: Extranets enable partners to share a single, central project database.  Includes a Briefing Sheet to download.
   
• Internet Video Conferencing - This can by used as an effecive business tool. Here are a few pointers for getting started.
   
• QUARTET is an EU research project involving 5 European cities, developing systems to deliver web based real-time transportation network information.  The UK element of the initiative, MATTISSE, is based in the Midlands.