New Tech Support Phone Numbers
HCSS is growing fast (company size and customers) so now there are now dedicated phone numbers for different HCSS Products. The new HeavyBid Support number is 855-231-7876. The old one will still work but when you call this line they know that you have a…
A Simple Tree View Keyboard Shortcut – F6 Key
Keyboard shortcuts will make you more productive in HeavyBid. Here is a simple easy to remember shortcut for Tree View. In Version 2015 the feature was added where the “F6” key will cycle through the major fields. For example if I want to go from…
Equipment Costing Resources – CEMP Central
Some companies that I have the opportunity to train have no idea of what their real equipment costs are and have no idea how to dial in real equipment rates. They don’t know what they don’t know. Here are two resources that I just purchased…
Snagit – Buy It (Screen Capture Software)
If I told you there is an application that would give you a 10% return would you be interested in it? How about a 100 to 500% return? Snagit is the application that will yield that kind of return for estimators, engineers and project managers…
FIELDWIRE – web based document control
This web based application would be a great companion to HeavyJob users. I recently trained a company and they were very pleased with Fieldwire as it handles plans and other documents and is very strong in the revision document area. You can even try it…
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….
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