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…
Spreadsheet Codes
The internal spreadsheet in HeavyBid is very Excel like and a great tool to use. To really make it useful you want current data in HeavyBid like for example the Activity quantity or Biditem quantity to automatically come in the spreadsheet. Why type in what…
Critical HeavyBid Information
I presented this course in the 2017 UGM. The information is still applicable so I am posting it for download. Every company should develop its own “best practices” for HeavyBid and estimating in general and while this is not a best practices manual it does…
Indirect Costs? Why They are Different for Every Company
I get asked frequently for a list of indirect biditems (or activities). Here is why each company is unique in respect to its project indirects: there are costs that are allocated to the Company Overhead (COH) and then there are costs that get billed to…
Make Visible Shortcut Keys in HeavyBid
There is a setting in the Microsoft operation system that allows shortcut keys to be visible. Your screen if this has been activated on your computer (or your remote session) should like this in Tree View. Each underline key can be activated by pressing the…
Optional Setting – Quote Folders
In Quote Folders there is a function that requires the estimator to update the quote folders from the current estimate information. It is called “Estimate has Changed“. The default is that it will show you only the actions that can be modified. For example the…
Default Lookup to Local Material Codebook
Joint Venture teams usually have the material in the local codebook but if an estimator goes to look for a material HeavyBid will look as a default at the System Wide Codebook. If an estimator is not careful they can use the wrong list of…
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…
Calculating Non-Standard Work Week(s) Overtime Factor
Recently I was in training where the customer wanted to do a non-standard work time period. In this case, it was a 13-day calendar but they wanted to calculate an overtime factor and use this as an override in the calendar setup. So I set…
Newsletter No. 40
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