Prepare HeavyBid for the New Year
With the Christmas break drawing near now is a good time to prepare HeavyBid for the new year. Here are some suggested tasks.
1. Create a new master estimate by copying the former one. This will be your Master Estimate for 2015.
2. In the new master revise the labor rates to reflect new rates.
3. Review with the Accounting Department the current labor tax and fringes and revise as needed. I find that accounting departments don’t think about the estimating department when rates and rules change. VERY IMPORTANT! You don’t want to be estimating future projects with wrong rates. TALK TO THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT.
4. Make sure the equipment setup is correct. Check the fuel rates setup.
5. Have a meeting with the superintendents and go through all the crews. Even one man short or surplus over a year on a crew can total a tidy sum.
6. Review the Tools>Preferences in the master estimate and see if any of the settings are correct.
7. Check bond rates.
Here are Links to past blogs called Tuneup Lessons. These will assist you in preparing HeavyBid for the new year.
Lesson 2 – Workers Comp Continued
Lesson 3 – Estimate Preferences
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