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…
Quick Parent Child Relationship
If you setup Biditem Parent-Child relationships you should try the “Quick Parent-Child Relationship Setup”. It brings up a dialog box where you can simply drag and drop child items into Parent Biditems without even setting the biditem as a Parent (dragging it to a biditem…
Computer Hardware Options – Small Form Factor
A year ago I built my own computer using good components that are difficult to get in the typical preassembled computers. This computer has a solid state drive and is much faster than just about any laptop out there. I wanted a unit that I…
Estimating Reference Resource
I came across this estimating manual when doing a Google search. While it applies specifically to building estimating (CSI Masterformat) it has a lot of good general information that pertains to any type of estimate. I find some users of HeavyBid have not received any formal…
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…
Delete Multiple Resources in Crews and Tree View
Sometimes I forget about useful shortcuts in HeavyBid. Yesterday in a training for a company already using HeavyBid one estimator reminded the group that you can right click in Modify Crew Screen and then click the boxes of the labor/equipment to quickly delete multiple resources….
HeavyBid Internal Spreadsheet
If I was asked what feature of HeavyBid is under utilized by users the answer would be easy. It is the internal spreadsheet found in SETUP>SPREADSHEETS (located on the System side). This spreadsheet program is Excel like but is very efficient and can be linked…
Portable 2nd Laptop Monitor
For you road warriors like me that have to work on their laptops when travelling but are spoiled with a second monitor back in the office. You can still have a second monitor! Here is a photo of my portable monitor…
What are CSI Codes?
One of the new features of Version 2014 is that you can set up bid items with a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Of course this could be your own WBS or an agencies but CSI codes are a form of a WBS. Lately I have…