Ranking Efficiency and Accuracy in HeavyBid
It is relatively easy to rank methods of creating an estimate in HeavyBid as I have seen them all, and I have been training now for 23 years if I count my time training in the 90s. What is “efficient”? In HeavyBid it is the…
Activity Codebook – the Core of HeavyBid
At its initial development, the Activity codebook was at its core. Everything was built around this codebook, and the Activity codebook was developed prior to the programming of the initial version of HeavyBid! I found a video on the HCSS Youtube site that is pretty…
HeavyBid PreCon Web Application
This is my first blog on the subject of HCSS PreCon. Let’s start with the basics which are provided in this Video on HCSS Academy and you will start seeing more content on Precon in the upcoming months. For those who have no idea what…
JobPower – Accounting Software
If there is one factor that prevents a construction company from moving to the next level is the selection of accounting software. Most companies under $10 million a year in volume use Quickbooks which is a good solution when starting out but as growth occurs…
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…
Best Practice-Enter Rate of Production
In my HeavyBid training I emphasized with users that just inputting total crew hours instead of a production type and rate should be avoided. I always have known by intuition that entering production type and production (ie Units per Hour) is superior to just entering…
Some V2020.2 Features
I was training some very sharp estimators this week and we were diving deep into HeavyBid and I noticed two new features in V2020.2 that you might find useful. I know the list of improvements is under the “What’s New” but until you actually see…
See the Future!
Your company is heavily invested in one or more HCSS products. My experience is most customers have at least two HCSS products in use or at least under consideration. So shouldn’t you be aware of new features coming so you can better prepare for them?…
Settings in Quote Folders
If you are new to quote folders there are a few settings that you should consider setting up. These are user specific so everyone on the team would have to do this individually. Go to Quote Folders and enter on an existing quote folder for…
Total Shifts for an Estimate
In training of new users, I often get the question “where are my total shifts?” Now the question is framed where total shifts will be the duration of the project. If the project is small and there is only one crew on the project then…
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