Video-Review Your HeavyBid Setup
At least once a year, you should review the setup of your Master(s) estimates along with the setup of Heavybid. This video covers my recommendations for areas to review and revise if necessary. I offer 4-hour remote sessions that cover this review in depth and…
Review HeavyBid for the New Year
A New Year, and time to go through your HeavyBid System so that the estimating team can be more accurate and efficient. This is not a complete list as I don’t know your company nor your estimating workflow but it is a starter: Master Estimate: …
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…
Two Features of Estimate History
There are many features that HCSS PreCon and Estimate History have to offer that will make an estimators workflow much more efficient. I did this short video to showcase just two of these features. The first is having the ability, while working on an estimate,…
HeavyBid Version 2025.1 Release!
HCSS has released this version around the beginning of December. Hopefully, there will be some documentation on this release available soon and a webinar. I will be doing a Youtube video on this release. All the documentation I have found so far is just a…
Location of Estimate Backups
I recommend keeping the backups automatically created (like when exiting HeavyBid) in a separate directory so the manual backups are easily viewed in their own folder. This is easy to set up. First create the folders you want the automatic backup and manual backups stored…
Updating Plug Prices in Folders
I knew this feature existed but it took me a while to find it. You have created your quote folders already but now someone has gone through the estimate and updated the plug prices. The best place to do that is the Edit>Change Material Price…
Video on Alternates
Alternates in HeavyBid is a powerful routine that can save you time and increase accuracy. In this video, I provide an overview of Alternates and some workarounds that will make it easier to use. Youtube Link Alternates is only available in the Advanced and Comprehensive…
Documents for Training
These are three documents that anyone can benefit from. None of these are not a complete HeavyBid manual. This does not exist however these three documents can provide a good introduction to HeavyBid. Download the documents with the links below1. HeavyBid 101 booklet – good…
System vs. Local Files
To really understand HeavyBid you have to understand the difference between System Wide Files and Local files. In the video from HCSS Academy (you will have to log into HCSS Academy) it explains this however it refers to the Local data files as what is…
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