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…
Labor Setup Discussion
I see fairly frequently companies setting up labor costs with overheads that with careful consideration should be elsewhere in HeavyBid. Take General Liability for example. It might be based on a percentage of labor. Same for company overhead. But the test for me is this….
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)…
Access HeavyBid Reports from Insights (Web Based)
So lets say your company has four HeavyBid licenses and they stay pretty tied up. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone like a PM or owner could print some reports on an estimate without getting into HeavyBid (and having to force someone else off)? This…
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…
Calculating Non-Standard Work Week(s) Overtime Factor
Recently I was in training where the customer wanted to do a non-standard work time period. In this case, it was a 13-day calendar but they wanted to calculate an overtime factor and use this as an override in the calendar setup. So I set…
Preset Subtotals & Headers in the Master Estimate
I love the new subtotals in HeavyBid. They don’t take up a bid item anymore and have more features. If you are the type of contractor that either makes up your own bid form (client does not provide one) or have standard bid forms where you can predict…
Estimate Entry Resource Addons by Percent
I have learned to like this feature when I dived into it. It has been around since the DOS version of Heavybid. This is what Addons by Percent can do in the estimate Treeview. It connects a resource cost like small tools to the total…
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…
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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