Filtering on Activity Code(s)
Continuing on the compelling reasons why you need an activity codebook, there is in HeavyBid filters that are very useful in the Tree View. Recently I wanted to see only my pipe activities to make sure I had all my revisions completed. Sounds simple enough…
Activity Codebook – A History
The foundation of HeavyBid when it was first conceptualized was the Activity Codebook. I am one of the few people who have a first hand knowledge of this. Before there was HCSS (and HeavyBid) I worked at Raymond International for many senior estimators. One estimator…
Export to Microsoft Project via File Export
If you have the Basic version of HeavyBid there is no export to Microsoft Project directly from HeavyBid. Same with the Cloud version of HeavyBid where Microsoft Project is not installed on your Cloud app then you can’t export directly either. These instructions show how…
Welcome to new blog site
Welcome to a new location for my blog. I started a new company late last year called EWKS or Estimating Workflow Solutions with a goal of giving estimators information and resources that increase productivity and accuracy. This is a unique source of information and I…
HeavyBid 2016 – New Features NOTES
One of the new features of Version 2016 could get overlooked but if incorporated into your workflow you will see some real benefits in getting information into Activity Notes. In previous versions you have to close out the notes and go to the next activity….
Sharing a Standalone Version of HeavyBid
New customers will sometimes purchase one standalone versions of HeavyBid with the intent of having more than one user using it. This makes sense if the intent is to evaluate HeavyBid before a full implementation. It can be used by more than one user but…
Crew Costs Per Hour
If you want to see what hours crew costs are there is a simple report to print that is useful in estimate analysis. Go to Reports>Estimate Resource Reports>Crew Costs. There is an option to see only the crews in your estimate and also to include…
Crew on the Fly or “Open Crew” setup
What is a “Crew on the Fly”? It is nothing more than a crew with no labor or equipment. Sometimes it referred to it as a “blank” or “open” crew. It is useful when you want to use a one time crew that doesn’t exist…
Closing Accounts – Caution
There was a fundamental change to the closing account routine that those who use them should be aware of. I am not sure what version this programming revision came about but in the current version of HeavyBid when a summary is run and there are…
New HCSS HeavyBid Website
HCSS is introducing a new way to get online help for HeavyBid. This is not live help but sometimes you want something in print or a find a way to formulate your question before you call Tech Support. This site is for all HCSS products…
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