How to add estimate location without an address
With the new Insights a company can see the locations of their estimates on a map (handy when you are looking for a certain estimate) or just pull up a project location inside the estimate on Google Maps. But many projects don’t have addresses or…
Tree View – Customized Tab
I was actually in Australia (Newcastle) training when I came to the decision that the customized tab in the resource section is now the one to default to. Now that equipment and labor pieces can be revised without going to the modify crew routine it…
HCSS Custom Reports
If there was “my most important blog post of the year” category this would be it. HCSS has a great custom reports group that can do amazing things for a very reasonable price. It is a service that HCSS struggles to get the word out…
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…
Right Click Bid Item Options
In Tree View if you have not right clicked on a biditem in a long time you need to. Two fairly new options I like. First one is the ability now to subdivide a biditem even if it has activities (1). All the activities in…
Subcontractor Scope Adjustments in HeavyBid – Video
One of the major issues putting together a good estimate is taking into account the costs of exclusions for Subcontract items. It can get complex trying to get accurate costs comparisons as each subcontractor for the same folder can be very different on what they…
HeavyBid Features Added from Version 2016 to 2018.1
I am finding that many HeavyBid users just don’t have time to look at the What’s New section so I created this spreadsheet that can be sorted from importance (1 through 5). I added the rankings but feel free to add your own notes and…
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 Versions – An Honest Discussion from a HeavyBid Trainer
This LINK is the comparisons of the three versions of HeavyBid. I see a fairly good matchup of the version to the company but every now and then I find a company who should have gone up a version. For example, if a company has…
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