I happen to program as a hobby and wrote a web based project management system from scratch for my company. You are right, it seams like there is nothing out there tailored for Engineers (or engineers have such a wide variety of workflows that it is hard for vendors to target).
Christopher A...
Where are you located? For example, in Florida, you would go to the FDEP website to permit the water treatment system. The application forms list several Best Practices.
Christopher Gmuer, EI
CAUSSEAUX, HEWETT, & WALPOLE, INC.
Gainesville, Florida
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