Part II – G&A Expenses in HeavyBid
In Part I, I outlined the reasons to separate markup from your general overhead expenses (all costs that are not allocated to an individual job). There are two areas in HeavyBid where I recommend putting this cost. The first option is to put the G&A…
Part I – Allocating G&A Expense in HeavyBid
One subject I always introduce in my HeavyBid training is separating markup and G&A (general and administrative expenses). Every company should know what their total overhead expenses as a percentage of total sales or some other measurable cost like yearly total labor. If you don’t…
UGM from a First-Timers Perspective
*Written by William Nix I had the great opportunity to shadow my dad (and boss) at my first UGM. I had a fantastic time and really learned a lot about HeavyBid and HCSS. Let me start off with a few of the initial surprises. 1….
How to use Windows multiple desktops & HeavyBid Instances
Recently at UGM I showed my capable laptop drivers how to to set up multiple desktops and then switch back and forth between applications. Even if you have two monitors it still has application, but it is especially useful if you work with just a…
HCSS HeavyBid Insights
If you have the Advanced or Comprehensive Versions of HeavyBid and don’t know what the title is referring to stop what you are doing and get this set up. It takes 10 minutes to connect and once you grasp all the features of Insights you…
Updating your Master Estimate
Typically companies new to HeavyBid find that they have missed setting up certain labor, equipment or crew. Or maybe you are redoing your Master(s) and want to copy in setups from recent estimates. Obviously you want your Master to have the latest information so you…
Estimate Code – Best Practice
In HeavyBid an estimate code is limited to 12 characters which are more than enough. My opinion is that best practice for an estimate code is a sequential code starting with the year. For example, the code structure would look like this: 20-001, 20-002, 20-003….
Fields to Populate in HeavyBid
I am seeing a lot of estimates recently where estimators are not filling in critical fields in the estimate setup. In NEW ESTIMATE>ESTIMATE INFORMATION on the first tab the location of the project address should be filled in or if there is no address the…
Check Estimate in HeavyBid
At least 50% of the existing HeavyBid users that I train do not use (or even know about) the Check Estimate query. Here are some things that this will find for you: Priced biditems that are priced less than total cost Priced biditems that are…
Change in AASHTOWARE
This is a new notice that will pop up on the opening screen of HeavyBid. If you are using AASHTOWARE be sure to read the HELP screen for this. LINK
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