HCSS HeavyBid Version 2020: New Features Video
HCSS HeavyBid Version 2020 has been released now since February and it has some features that you will want to use. Normally HCSS releases a video but due to the current crisis, this probably has been delayed or will be combined with the video for…
Bidtabs.net by Oman Systems
I am frequently asked where in HeavyBid can competitor prices be entered and the request is usually for public jobs. Storing and querying bid tabs is not a direction HeavyBid seems to be taking. There is still the “Bid History” but you would have to…
Advice for these Times
I thought I would do a blog on my advice to construction companies who have been affected by the COVID 19 virus. I know many companies have closed their offices and employees are working from home. Obviously estimators have to remote in to work on…
Very Cool V2020 Feature
HeavyBid Version 2020 has many improvements but outside of improvements to the export to accounting there is not a whole lot you will notice. The feature I am referring to above is the exception and you like me have probably not used the “Estimate Review…
HeavyBid Info Sheet
Here is a small project I have been working on. Intended for new users as a basic one page information sheet but I will expand it to include information (on another sheet) for more advanced users. Fink it on the link below LINK
Master Estimate Code – Best Practices
I had a blog a while back on best practices for coding estimates but this blog is on actually coding Master Estimates. When I am setting up a new company I always recommend not using the “ESTMAST” estimate as the default Master estimate for the…
Change Material Costs & Non-Add Activities
If you have been reading my blog posts for a while you know that I like the Change Material Cost screen. If you are not familiar with this screen and its powerful change options watch my Youtube video on it (LINK). But I found a…
Lock Estimates
An estimator leaves your company and brings with him or her some or all of your company’s estimates. That is a huge amount of intellectual data that is on the streets. I see other company’s estimates at my trainings so I know this occurs. HCSS…
Boot Covers
The nice thing about my blog is that I can cover anything. Yep – HCSS pays me nothing. I was in North Dakota recently and hotels required either workers to take off their boots or put covers on them to preserve their carpet. There was…
Holding Accounts & Self Perform Work
This is one of those blogs that probably most estimators using HeavyBid won’t know what I am talking about but there are those users that setup Self Perform work with Holding Account activities. So if the sub is selected more than likely the holding account…
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