This version was released October 11. Again I recommend waiting a minimum of 2 months before installing the new release. I will be trying it out. There are obviously customers using the WBS feature of HeavyBid which after it was rolled out many years ago was not touched again for the most part programming-wise. The WBS feature would not be used by a majority of HCSS customers. It is a very specific type of estimate that the WBS feature is the path to go down. It uses the Holding Account Feature to spread costs to a work breakdown structure. There is very little documentation on this but I will try to get a video out in the next few months on this feature.

The big push right now is to integrate Pre-Construction with HeavyBid. Still waiting for the feature where Vendors and Subcontractors can quote on a web site and the quotes downloaded into HeavyBid. I stopped predicting when this will be released. Maybe by UGM 2022?

Here are some highlights of the new release as they relate to Preconstruction

Estimate History and Integration with HeavyBid Preconstruction 

  • Provide a backdoor to prevent synced data.
  • Changed Estimate History labels back to Estimate Insights.
  • Made initial screen from New Estimate in Project Tracking larger.
  • Copy Biditems/Activities from Estimate History should work without the Allow active estimate data to be uploaded to HeavyBid Insights preference checked.
  • Add Copy Estimate from Archive to the HCSS round button in the top-left corner of the HeavyBid window.
  • Changed menu and icons in File > Estimate History (replaced Manage with Sync).
  • Added Manage Synced Estimates window – Created a view to manually send local estimate data to the web.
  • Various label changes throughout HeavyBid due to “sync”.
  • Added “Sync Estimates” processing.
  • Update Estimate data when Copying and/or Retrieving an Archived Estimate with updated information (Desktop side).
  • Update HeavyBid desktop values whenever data sync preference is set to PreCon.
  • Moved ‘Manage Archived Estimates’ and ‘Archive Estimates’ screens under File > Archive
  • Modified display of Estimate History System Preferences.