Equipment Mechanic Hours
How can you calculate a total number of mechanic hours in HeavyBid? The EOE has to be setup with the “Calculate” setting (not hourly) so along with the mechanic hours the fuel use and other EOE costs will be inputted. I see companies set this…
Multi-State Workman’s Comp Setup
If you want to have the WC code to come in with the crew when an activity is selected from the Activity Codebook just set this up in the Activity Codebook. To apply the correct unique state rate for a project then you will need to…
Override Calendar % Issue
There are times that the overtime calculation does not calculate the desired result so there is an option to override the calendar. This works well except when you have specific crafts with different work rules. For example if you create an all overtime calendar like below with…
HeavyBid Youtube Help Videos
The staff and I have been working on help videos for HeavyBid. These are quick videos that should help develop new skills in HeavyBid. Eventually this will be linked to directly to the videos when you press Help (F1). Maybe late 2015 but for now…
Bond Routine – It Does Work Correctly
In the Summary routine the bond routine calculates the bond on the balanced bid price. It is not basing the bond on the bid price in the pricing screen but instead it is on the balanced price in the Summary. So you might question why it does…
Prepare HeavyBid for the New Year
With the Christmas break drawing near now is a good time to prepare HeavyBid for the new year. Here are some suggested tasks. 1. Create a new master estimate by copying the former one. This will be your Master Estimate for 2015. 2. In the…
Two Sessions of HeavyBid Open on the Same Computer
I find it valuable occasionally to have two sessions of HeavyBid open at the same time. For example you might have to compare current bid items to a older revision of the same estimate. Assuming you have a multi-user system (will not work for the…
Outline Activities First
Many of HeavyBid users do not use an Activity codebook. Nothing wrong with that but creating one activity at a time you can get lost in the forest because of the trees. Create an outline first of your activities than proceed with filling in the details. First…
Indirect Bid Items Template from RS Means
RS Means Indirect Biditems (File Download) I took Division 1 from RS Means and created an Excel spreadsheet that is a template of Indirect Biditems. RS Means has a good outline of potential general condition costs and outline in each section details of that cost. This…
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