Export to Accounting
If there is anything in HeavyBid that seems to be underutilized I would say it is all the features of the Export to Accounting. There are so many options that a majority of users have not investigated. This is what I recommend. Get the person…
Estimate Entry Resource Addons by Percent
I have learned to like this feature when I dived into it. It has been around since the DOS version of Heavybid. This is what Addons by Percent can do in the estimate Treeview. It connects a resource cost like small tools to the total…
Determining HeavyBid Resource Escalation Cost
I discovered this today in my training. The Escalation feature of HeavyBid does a great job of calculating escalation per resource type, or per individual resource. You can show the escalation charge per resource type and total it in a report. This might be required…
How to streamline your codebook workflow in HeavyBid – Video
In this video I detail how to best save time and improve efficiency in an estimate. These tips aren’t revolutionary but they can take time to implement. I recommend pulling your estimating department aside, taking the time, and carefully going through this setup. Let EWKS…
How to Handle Tariffs in HeavyBid
Here is a quick run through of how I would address tariffs on purchased materials in HeavyBid using the escalation tool. Let me know if you enjoy following along to videos like this.
Export to P6 from HCSS HeavyBid
If your company has P6 and you are not export from HeavyBid you need to explore this great feature of HeavyBid. There is some upfront work connecting HeavyBid to P6 but once it is connected you shouldn’t have to do it again. I took the…
HeavyBid Versions – An Honest Discussion from a HeavyBid Trainer
This LINK is the comparisons of the three versions of HeavyBid. I see a fairly good matchup of the version to the company but every now and then I find a company who should have gone up a version. For example, if a company has…
V2018.1 HeavyBid Now Available
August is here and that means there is a new update to HeavyBid. HeavyBid 2018.0 is amazing and I highly recommend updating your install to this version in the near future. Lots of new features that will set the stage for future awesome elements. V2018.1…
Securing Your HeavyBid Setup
Goal: Protect the System Wide Codebooks and Setting from accidental modification but the secondary goal can be to also protect the Master Estimate(s). The problem with passwording the Master Estimate is that every estimate created from that Master will require a password to access it….
Search Biditems or Activities by Description in Tree View
This might not seem like a very useful feature until you have hundreds of biditems or activities. In the TreeView and on the biditems right-click and you will get a pop up screen that has two radio buttons. One is searching on Biditem description and…
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