HeavyBid Version 2022.1
HeavyBid 2022.1 has been released but there are no notes on what is this release. More to come on this release but it will be pretty much correcting some bugs and have a few new improvements. This will be the final update I suspect until…
Equipment Depreciation Article
Construction Equipment (a great magazine and website) had a great article by Mike Vorster on the three types of equipment depreciation. At the end of the day for estimating purposes it is “Market” depreciation that only counts. In other words, when calculating the true cost…
US Energy Website-Current/Historical Fuel Prices
This might be useful for some. Current prices of fuel in the US. It only has on-road diesel and gas as far as I can tell. This could be useful for change orders since this shows past prices also. LINK Their website overall is very…
Jerod is a Genius! A Different Way to Learn
I have trained Brevard Concrete Paving three times now. They are located in the Titusville FL area (Space Coast). First training which was the original implementation was just after the national lockdown due to Covid. We did a second one and last month I went…
UGM 2023
It is not too early to be thinking about 2023 HCSS User Group Meeting. If you never have attended a UGM you need to. Get notifications about the event I can tell the difference between companies that make attending UGM a priority and those who…
Reindexing HeavyBid
I always preach good maintenance of HeavyBid. It cannot just run on its own and one thing that should be done on a quarterly basis (my opinion) is reindexing the Master and System-Wide files. Reindexing can make HeavyBid run faster especically in a multi-user system….
Change Material Costs Throughout the Estimate
It has been a while since I posted anything about this feature. A must use in HeavyBid but many estimators with years and years using HeavyBid under their belt don’t know about the screen. Vastly superior to the Local Material screen. Here is a video…
What? You don’t know your Overhead %?
I don’t think there are too many more important numbers any construction company should know the company’s overhead percentage. Comes right after your birthday and wedding anniversary. In my trainings, I have seen the estimator put an 8% markup on the estimate and I know…
HeavyBid PreCon Web Application
This is my first blog on the subject of HCSS PreCon. Let’s start with the basics which are provided in this Video on HCSS Academy and you will start seeing more content on Precon in the upcoming months. For those who have no idea what…
Accurate Estimation of PM/Super Costs
One of the challenges of moving PM and Superintendents out of G&A overhead to be charged to a project is how much time to charge in an estimate. I was at a customer’s office that had an elegant solution that I think for many companies…
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