Estimating course on LinkedIn Reviewed
*Written by my son and employee whom I refer to as Minion (William Nix). I found Christopher Randall’s construction courses on LinkedIn. His beginner course is approximately 45 minutes long and broken up into three sections: Learning Construction Estimating, Construction Estimating Takeoff, and Construction Estimating…
Stop Right Now & Setup Your Credentials
This really drives me crazy as an HCSS Trainer. Even before HeavyBid is installed for new HCSS customer estimators should be set up for each estimator. It is that important! It allows estimators to get in the HCSS Academy and start watching videos on HeavyBid….
HeavyBid Settings-Don’t sink the Boat!
Last fall I toured the USS Torsk, a WWII submarine, in the Baltimore Harbor. As I walked through I was aware of all the systems around me. Hundreds of hydraulic valves and electrical junctions. Not knowing the correct setting for system aboard the Torsk could…
Come train with me in sunny St. Petersburg FL!
I have had a dream for a couple of years now to offer a training in Florida near my house where estimators can train during the day and then enjoy the beaches and atmosphere of St. Petersburg with their families (or simply as a company)…
Critical HeavyBid Information
I presented this course in the 2017 UGM. The information is still applicable so I am posting it for download. Every company should develop its own “best practices” for HeavyBid and estimating in general and while this is not a best practices manual it does…
Copying from Other Estimates – A Discussion
This is not a blog on how to copy from other estimates but one that asks why are you copying from other estimates? I see many HeavyBid customers whose workflow is this. Create all the Activities (or Biditems) by going out to previous estimates and…
How to Access HeavyBid Tutorial
I get emails sometimes from companies saying that did not get HeavyBid launched successfully for one reason or another and what can they do? First make the commitment that Heavybid will not become expensive shelfware. I suggest this, complete the HCSS HeavyBid tutorial. HCSS has an…
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…
HeavyBid Path to Success for a New Customer
HCSS recently put this out. It is a good guide for a new HeavyBid customer. LINK HCSS Academy is not mentioned in the document but is an excellent source also for videos on HeavyBid subjects. The list of videos will grow and I expect the…
HeavyBid Cheat Sheet
Long ago when you purchase HeavyBid you received a box. In it was the program disk (or disks depending how long ago it was), VHS tapes on how to install HeavyBid and some tutorials and a laminated tri-fold cheat sheet. This is my version of…
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