Holding Account-Youtube Video
Holding accounts are handy especially if you are creative on how they are used. In a nutshell it is a bucket of costs that you can direct the spread. A good example would be the costs of setting up and operating a batch plant. A…
Quick Sub/Material Entry
I did this Youtube video long time ago for HCSS but it the routine has not changed. Routine is still useful especially when you have a lot of bid items with the same sub resource. LINK Also useful for pulling up a sub-resource that is…
Best Practice-Enter Rate of Production
In my HeavyBid training I emphasized with users that just inputting total crew hours instead of a production type and rate should be avoided. I always have known by intuition that entering production type and production (ie Units per Hour) is superior to just entering…
Import/Export AASHTOware Webinar
This is a really good video on the HCSS Academy that I highly recommend any contractor that uses AASHTOware for their DOT bids. This was done by Aaron Allshouse who is the estimating Business Solutions Supervisor for HCSS. He knows HeavyBid well but also knows…
Training in St. Petersburg
I am in Chicago training with typical winter weather and heavy snowfall outside. I looked at my group and remarked that we should have done this in St. Petersburg. It was too late but they liked that idea. There is no UGM this year so…
Texas DOT 2020 Historical Prices
I go to Texas frequently for training and I know there are many HeavyBid users that bid on TXDOT work. You can download the historical prices from TXDOT and use them in HeavyBid. After you import the bid items from the ICX file downloaded either…
HeavyBid Version 2021
HCSS just released HeavyBid 2021. There will be an official announcement in a month or so but it is available for download. Here is a list from What’s New” on the release. The drag and drop to copy from another estimate (Instance) is pretty cool….
Managing HeavyBid Part 4
One of the subjects that I emphasize over and over in my training is the difference between “Local” data files and “System” data files. You cannot manage HeavyBid properly if you don’t understand the underlying architecture of it. The design is brilliant (thank you Mike…
HCSS Project Tracking App
HCSS has been working on the Project Tracking web app for well over a year and I think it is well worth your consideration. I will be posting more about this in the future and HCSS has done a great job on the execution of…
Video: HeavyBid Audit Trail
This is a quick look at the usefulness of the audit review feature in HeavyBid. This feature is only in the Comprehensive version of HeavyBid and it may be a reason for many users to upgrade from the Basic and Advanced versions of HeavyBid. It…
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