HCSS Support Team Bios
I enjoyed scrolling down the list of support people at HCSS and see who I have been talking to. After you talk to someone on the phone it is fun to go read their bio. Who knew that Michael Pham taught in Qatar after graduating…
How to access the NEW Pre-Construction App
I have been seeing a lot of interest in the new web app HCSS is rolling out which will assist you in tracking potential projects. It was introduced at the last UGM. You can try it out now for no cost, but the catch is you…
Want to Make a 5000% Profit on a Small Investment?
Yes this is real and I believe for those who take my advice they can easily add $250,000 (maybe even a million) to their bottom line for a minimum investment with no risk. What do you have to do? Purchase Managing the Profitable Construction Business…
Cybersecurity: Protect your Company
Ransomeware is estimated to cost business 11.5 billion this year alone. And here the reality: construction companies are easy pickings. They don’t understand how smart these pirates are. I am hearing of more and more companies whose data was held ransom and some had to…
GSA P-120 Publication
I like finding documents that have good information on estimating. This might be especially useful if you are thinking of bidding GSA projects but even if you are not there is some good general estimating information in this document. There is not much out there…
Cost Estimating Definitions
I found this in Wikipedia and highly recommend this for review for all estimators, project managers and even people who are in accounting that work with budgets and day to day construction operations. This is actually better than what I find in most construction estimating…
HP Calculators
I know from my travels that there are many of you that love the highly venerated Hewlett Packard scientific and programmable calculators. It was the HP 41 that set the stage for the surveying data collector revolution and it was HP that birthday the Silicon…
Number Keypad for a Laptop
Many estimators today work in or out of the office on laptops that don’t have a dedicated keypad. Personally, I don’t like the wider keyboard that have a dedicated number pad. The solution is very cheap – a separate keypad that is either USB or wireless….
Export to P6 from HCSS HeavyBid
If your company has P6 and you are not export from HeavyBid you need to explore this great feature of HeavyBid. There is some upfront work connecting HeavyBid to P6 but once it is connected you shouldn’t have to do it again. I took the…
How to run Project 2016 Standalone and Office 365
I know many HCSS customers are migrating to Office 365 which is a very cost effective way to get enterprise email service and all the Office Apps (except Project). Since HeavyBid can only export to Project installed on your own server or computer, not the…
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