Video-Review Your HeavyBid Setup
At least once a year, you should review the setup of your Master(s) estimates along with the setup of Heavybid. This video covers my recommendations for areas to review and revise if necessary. I offer 4-hour remote sessions that cover this review in depth and…
Check Lists in HeavyBid
Estimating is complicated. Keeping estimating teams is not just a challenge; it can be a nightmare. Checklists can tame workflows and prevent errors. A book I read long ago, The Checklist Manifesto:How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande, who is a doctor (it is…
2025.1 Update Document
Go to the link below to see a list of improvements for 2025.1. The old “Roadmaps” that HCSS previously listed release information is no longer being used (HeavyBid will still send you to the old site) and this new site will host information for all…
Review HeavyBid for the New Year
A New Year, and time to go through your HeavyBid System so that the estimating team can be more accurate and efficient. This is not a complete list as I don’t know your company nor your estimating workflow but it is a starter: Master Estimate: …
Guide to Estimating
I came across this document, and it is one of the best overall description in detail of construction estimating I have come across. I recommend reviewing the points in this article with any new estimator in your company. So many of us (and I will…
Webinar 2025.1 HeavyBid Release
HCSS did this webinar but it has not posted to HCSS Academy yet. Here is the link HCSS Webinar Melissa and Aaron always do a good job on the webinars. As you will see in the video, the majority of features in all updates from…
Two Features of Estimate History
There are many features that HCSS PreCon and Estimate History have to offer that will make an estimators workflow much more efficient. I did this short video to showcase just two of these features. The first is having the ability, while working on an estimate,…
Takeoff Wheel
Any estimator worth their salt should have one of these. I know computer takeoff systems now dominate but there are occasions when you need some quick measurements on a set of paper plans. I still have one of these, although I am not sure where…
HeavyBid Version 2025.1 Release!
HCSS has released this version around the beginning of December. Hopefully, there will be some documentation on this release available soon and a webinar. I will be doing a Youtube video on this release. All the documentation I have found so far is just a…
Location of Estimate Backups
I recommend keeping the backups automatically created (like when exiting HeavyBid) in a separate directory so the manual backups are easily viewed in their own folder. This is easy to set up. First create the folders you want the automatic backup and manual backups stored…
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