Component Pricing in HeavyBid
When I started showing this feature I was surprised how many contractors can use this, especially ones that quote work to the power and utility companies. I have been in trainings with estimators practically give me a standing ovation when I teach them how to…
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
Contact System – Web
This is my first post of the new web-based contact system, which, if you activate it replaces the internal HeavyBid Business Contact System. Here is the advantage of switching to the web based that resides in Pre-Con. People can access it without taking up a…
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…
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…
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