Welcome to new blog site
Welcome to a new location for my blog. I started a new company late last year called EWKS or Estimating Workflow Solutions with a goal of giving estimators information and resources that increase productivity and accuracy. This is a unique source of information and I…
Sharing a Standalone Version of HeavyBid
New customers will sometimes purchase one standalone versions of HeavyBid with the intent of having more than one user using it. This makes sense if the intent is to evaluate HeavyBid before a full implementation. It can be used by more than one user but…
Crew Costs Per Hour
If you want to see what hours crew costs are there is a simple report to print that is useful in estimate analysis. Go to Reports>Estimate Resource Reports>Crew Costs. There is an option to see only the crews in your estimate and also to include…
Crew on the Fly or “Open Crew” setup
What is a “Crew on the Fly”? It is nothing more than a crew with no labor or equipment. Sometimes it referred to it as a “blank” or “open” crew. It is useful when you want to use a one time crew that doesn’t exist…
Closing Accounts – Caution
There was a fundamental change to the closing account routine that those who use them should be aware of. I am not sure what version this programming revision came about but in the current version of HeavyBid when a summary is run and there are…
New HCSS HeavyBid Website
HCSS is introducing a new way to get online help for HeavyBid. This is not live help but sometimes you want something in print or a find a way to formulate your question before you call Tech Support. This site is for all HCSS products…
Updating Your Master Estimate
Typically companies new to HeavyBid as they are working on estimates find that they have missed setting up certain labor, equipment or crew. During the estimating effort you will most likely add these resources (or revise resource costs) to the current estimate. At the end…
Foundation Accounting Software
Currently the accounting software market is in flux due to major players acquiring smaller accounting software companies. There is a one accounting software company (I will call it Goliath) that has acquired several companies and requiring users to upgrade to their software within a reasonable time…
Swiss Knife Software – A Reality
Companies are always looking for the all in one solution and software companies are all too willing to offer this product. Just think if someone drove up to your construction site with one piece of equipment that according to the salesman could replace all your equipment….
Automatic Backup – Settings
I love the automatic backup feature of HeavyBid. It will back up an estimate when you close HeavyBid or switch to another estimate as well as when major changes are being made (like in the Edit routines). So you will have at least one backup…
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