HeavyBid in Dark Mode
I was at a customer site and one of the people I was training asked if HeavyBid had a “Dark” mode. If you don’t know what “Dark” mode is, it was recently rolled out for IOS (Apple) products. What this mode does is reverse the…
Addons-Job Value Calculation
I am pretty sure Addons has been around since the first DOS version of HeavyBid. In my recent blog I covered how to use an Addons entry to calculate G&A expenses so that they are separated from markup. Many companies calculate it on “Job Value”…
Part III: G&A Walkthrough Video
I made a quick video walking through my favorite way to deal with overhead costs in an estimate. Estimating best practices is to separate G&A Expenses from Markup. HERE is a link to the video or click below.
HCSS Support Team Bios
I enjoyed scrolling down the list of support people at HCSS and see who I have been talking to. After you talk to someone on the phone it is fun to go read their bio. Who knew that Michael Pham taught in Qatar after graduating…
Part II – G&A Expenses in HeavyBid
In Part I, I outlined the reasons to separate markup from your general overhead expenses (all costs that are not allocated to an individual job). There are two areas in HeavyBid where I recommend putting this cost. The first option is to put the G&A…
Part I – Allocating G&A Expense in HeavyBid
One subject I always introduce in my HeavyBid training is separating markup and G&A (general and administrative expenses). Every company should know what their total overhead expenses as a percentage of total sales or some other measurable cost like yearly total labor. If you don’t…
UGM from a First-Timers Perspective
*Written by William Nix I had the great opportunity to shadow my dad (and boss) at my first UGM. I had a fantastic time and really learned a lot about HeavyBid and HCSS. Let me start off with a few of the initial surprises. 1….
How to use Windows multiple desktops & HeavyBid Instances
Recently at UGM I showed my capable laptop drivers how to to set up multiple desktops and then switch back and forth between applications. Even if you have two monitors it still has application, but it is especially useful if you work with just a…
HCSS HeavyBid Insights
If you have the Advanced or Comprehensive Versions of HeavyBid and don’t know what the title is referring to stop what you are doing and get this set up. It takes 10 minutes to connect and once you grasp all the features of Insights you…
Updating your Master Estimate
Typically companies new to HeavyBid find that they have missed setting up certain labor, equipment or crew. Or maybe you are redoing your Master(s) and want to copy in setups from recent estimates. Obviously you want your Master to have the latest information so you…
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