At least 50% of the existing HeavyBid users that I train do not use (or even know about) the Check Estimate query. Here are some things that this will find for you:

  • Priced biditems that are priced less than total cost
  • Priced biditems that are priced less than direct cost
  • Biditem quantities different than Takeoff quantities
  • Non-Additive biditems and activities
  • Zero cost resources
  • Activities with no workers comp code
  • Activities with no calendar
  • Inconsistent unit prices
  • Number of modified crews
  • and a lot more

It is simple and it works but you have to educate the estimating team on what to look for as there are a lot of values to ignore on the screens. You can customize which query will be highlighted in yellow (call Tech Support). And you can print reports. There really is no supportable reason that I can think of why a HeavyBid user would not use Check Estimate.