Guide to Estimating
I came across this document, and it is one of the best overall description in detail of construction estimating I have come across. I recommend reviewing the points in this article with any new estimator in your company. So many of us (and I will…
Webinar 2025.1 HeavyBid Release
HCSS did this webinar but it has not posted to HCSS Academy yet. Here is the link HCSS Webinar Melissa and Aaron always do a good job on the webinars. As you will see in the video, the majority of features in all updates from…
Delete Multiple Resources – Crew & Non-Crew
You can right click in Modify Crew Screen and then click the boxes of the labor/equipment to quickly delete multiple resources. The same works in the Tree View in the resource section. Right click and select Delete Multiple Resources and quickly delete many resources. Remember…
June 2025 Webinar – PreCon
This is an excellent webinar on getting into the nuts and bolts of setting of PreCon. Amanda Ayles is the HeavyBid Group Product Manager, and she does a good front-to-back overview of the setup of PreCon and what it can do for you. Personally, I…
HeavyJob Data Review in HeavyBid
Have HeavyJob? Do you have it connected to HeavyBid so the estimator can see production data? I have often connected HeavyJob to HeavyBid at customers’ offices and they are amazed. It is an excellent tool for estimators when they set productions and they can drill…
Risk Analysis in HeavyBid
If you have the Comprehensive System, you have a Monte Carlo risk analysis module (introduced in 2019). It is not for every project, but where it can be beneficial is design-build and any large complex project where production and costs could vary and you want…
Change Order Feature
In the July 2024 HCSS HeavyBid webinar, Aaron Allshouse covered this new feature. If you have not checked out the monthly webinars, especially for 2024, you need to do so. LINK What the function does is export to accounting only the changes in the estimate…
Calculations on the Web
I always like these old school websites with calculators. Now what I want is a collection place for spreadsheets that HeavyBid users find useful for estimating. Anyway these are fun to review. LINK
HCSS HeavyBid Assessment Program
HCSS recently rolled out this service, where your HeavyBid will be reviewed and an assessment provided. Part of their consulting group for HeavyBid headed up by Ray Zanon. Tired of just doing the same old thing while knowing that HeavyBid use can be more efficient?…
That would have saved me 3 weeks!
The other day I was doing a pre-training session remotely. I start before on-site training discovering what features in HeavyBid will save the estimating team time and increase accuracy. After about 30 minutes of showing them available features the comment was made that just those…
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