Escalation – Cost or Marked Up Total
The Escalation routine in HeavyBid is an excellent module that I use frequently. You do need to be careful however on what you do with the escalated amount. Now if you just leave it in the estimate and it escalates the costs then the escalated…
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…
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…
Setup Biditems-Customized Tab
Be sure to check out the options in the Customized Tab for setting up biditems. Some of the options are new and undocumented in 2015. There is a taxable biditem option now where the entire biditem can be taxed. Go to Setup Biditems>Customized View. As…
Using HeavyBid to Calculate Project’s Cost to Complete
HeavyBid is a good tool for calculating a project’s cost to complete and it gives you a snapshot of each succeeding month’s remaining work. Start with the conformed estimate and at the end of each month for each bid item (or you can do it at the…
Clean up Spreadsheet Calculations
If you are a regular reader of my blogs you know I like the internal spreadsheet (SpreadSheet Gear) in HeavyBid. But honestly there are a lot of spreadsheets in the list that you will never use such as all the Metric ones (unless you are…
Trapping Errors – Detect Changes to Activities
In Version 2015 the activity “Unreviewed” box preference is estimate specific (See my previous blog detailing this revision LINK). This is a very significant change since previously it could be changed only for all estimates (system preference). So this is how it can work for…
New Basis for Addons HeavyBid Version 2015
There are four new basis calculations in the Summary>Addons in HeavyBid 2015. These are undocumented but fairly easy to follow. Background: There are two types of calculations in the basis of Addons. The first is the simple % calculation where a total is provided and…
Multi-State Workman’s Comp Setup
If you want to have the WC code to come in with the crew when an activity is selected from the Activity Codebook just set this up in the Activity Codebook. To apply the correct unique state rate for a project then you will need to…
Why You Need a Test Estimate
What is a Test estimate? It is an estimate that you setup as one of your master estimates to create estimates in order to test HCSS routines and see how they work. I always admonish users not to treat HeavyBid as a Black Box where they…
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