Cost of Estimating Inefficiencies
You would think that construction companies would study the actual costs of the process of estimating construction costs but they rarely do. Think about it. When was the last time someone in your company asked how the estimating process could be made more efficient? But…
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….
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…
Export to Accounting
If there is anything in HeavyBid that seems to be underutilized I would say it is all the features of the Export to Accounting. There are so many options that a majority of users have not investigated. This is what I recommend. Get the person…
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…
Determining HeavyBid Resource Escalation Cost
I discovered this today in my training. The Escalation feature of HeavyBid does a great job of calculating escalation per resource type, or per individual resource. You can show the escalation charge per resource type and total it in a report. This might be required…
How to Handle Tariffs in HeavyBid
Here is a quick run through of how I would address tariffs on purchased materials in HeavyBid using the escalation tool. Let me know if you enjoy following along to videos like this.
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…
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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