HCSS Reviews & Product Details

Heavy Construction Systems Specialists (HCSS) is the leading provider of construction management software designed to connect the office to the field across the lifecycle of heavy civil and infrastructure projects. Founded in 1986, HCSS has established itself as the industry leader by offering a comprehensive suite of tools to enhance productivity, streamline communication, and improve project outcomes. HCSS platforms cover every aspect of heavy civil and infrastructure projects, from preconstruction to project closeout. Solutions offered include estimating, job costing, project management, safety, and fleet management. By centralizing project data, HCSS ensures all stakeholders have real-time access to critical information, enabling more informed decision-making and reducing the risk of errors and rework.

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3 months

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HCSS Demo - Easily Manage All Your Job Data on One S with HCSS HeavyJob

Know if you are making or losing money on that job. Get extensive, but easy-to-read reports that cover every aspect of your jobs to know why you are up or down. Easily export budgeted information and materials lists from HeavyBid to HeavyJob to track true productions and received and installed ma...

HCSS Demo - Rapidly Build Accurate Estimates in HeavyBid

Activities and bid items can be built on the fly, directly imported from DOT websites, copied from previous estimates, or pulled from a list of standardized activities of work. Use bid items and activities from HeavyBid to automatically generate cost codes in HeavyJob.

Employees can quickly log their own hours for faster review by foremen and review what hours have been recorded for them via HeavyJob time cards.

HCSS Demo - Safety Management Software with HCSS Safety

HCSS Safety can help your company to create and maintain the sort of safety culture that results in fewer incidents, a lower EMR, and the resulting thousands of dollars in savings and avoided losses. With HeavyJob and HCSS Safety working together in the same app, you get better field visibility t...

HCSS Demo - A Digital Plans Management System to Eliminate Rework

Guarantee everyone is working from the same sheet and experience pinpoint accuracy like never before by linking location-specific RFIs to help stop losing on wrong production rates and incorrect quantities. With the ability to create an issue directly from a plan sheet within HCSS Plans, users ca...

HCSS Demo - Get a Full View of Your Fleet While Going Paperless

Proactively manage your most expensive asset to keep your fleet running at peak efficiency. Through Equipment360, HCSS Telematics, and FuelerPlus, our equipment management software brings technology not only into the shop, but also into the field, on the road, and in the fleets itself to ensure y...

HeavyBid puts contractors ahead of the competition with a standardized estimating process built to bid faster and more accurately to win more jobs at the right margins.

HeavyJob ensures projects stay on budget with real-time labor productivity, materials cost and equipment utilization analysis, while tracking T&M billing to ensure accurate payments.

HCSS breaks the mold when it comes to software support and offers one of the best support systems in the country.

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Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/4/2024

"Does everything you think it ought to be able to and then some"

5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

There's functionality for practically everything I need as an estimator in HeavyBid. Beyond that, the customer service from HCSS and 24/7 support is incredibly good. Every interaction I have had with support staff has been quick and helpful. I learned to use HeavyBid by watching others use it for a few days, then picked it up myself. There was less of a learning curve than on other software I have used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

It's helpful to know that HeavyBid can do everything I want it to, but making it do that is not always easy. Rarely do features feel intuitive, you really need to commit to memory how to do every single thing that you don't do on a daily basis or you must refer to a help article to figure out how to do it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Allen H.

Vice President, Project Controls

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/19/2025

"Learning ways to keep products up to date"

4.5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

The support for all products is above and beyond. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

I would like HCSS to have more regional locations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Allan M.

Systems and Project Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/18/2025

"Scalable and integrated"

4.5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

Lots of support options for all of thier software products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

Some licenses are expensive! Also, no undo button in heavy bid Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Steven E.

EHS Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/19/2025

"HCSS"

5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

I like that HCSS listens to their customers and are willing to make changes to their products based off of customer feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

Not customizable enough for data integrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mike H.

Superintendent

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/18/2025

"Changing the construction data entry process"

5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

HCSS has made the process of data entry much easier for the operations team. Plans has limited the need to go back and forth to the job trailer and/or carry bulky plans around the site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

As of right now, I have no dislikes about HCSS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Derek S.

Vice President

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/13/2024

"I have used for 20 years, great customer service and application"

5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

The subcontractor quote function. it allows me to compare subcontractors if they do not have the same quantities quoted with out having to adjust thier quotes manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

Changing bid items can be a little difficult when there are a lot and you have to hand type each bid item number Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Craig M.

Senior Estimator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/18/2025

"UGM"

5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

Constant product improvement and excellent support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

Large company wide investment, but well worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sarah A.

Project Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/22/2024

"Great Bidding through Project Management Software"

4/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

I like the integrated work options so our field people can access via ipads while we are able to simultaneously use the desktop system at the office. It is nice the system on the ipad can be used offline as well and it automatically uploads the information when connected to the internet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

We are having difficulty with extra work orders. The system in Ontario and the way the markup is calculated on our extra work orders is scaled which makes integrating it with the system difficult and, so far, it has not saved us any time and/or made this part of our projects any easier. We are working with HCSS to hopefully improve this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adam B.

IT Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/21/2024

"Not just great software, but a great company too"

5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

As an IT Administrator, it is important to me that the software we use not only get the job done and do it well but also be easy to implement, easy to train with, and provide excellent customer service. HCSS does all of these things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

While do not mind paying for great software, HCSS is consistently among the more expensive solutions that we spend our budget on. Licensing can be a headache also, especially for those of us who are transitioning from their desktop application to their cloud based offerings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is HCSS solving and how is that benefiting you?

HCSS's HeavyBid and HeavyJob products work to help us win jobs and then track those jobs through completion. The mobile applications have reduced and even eliminated paperwork in the field, allowing us to easily track time and equipment hours and expense. With a properly trained field team, it becomes easy to monitor job progress, problems that need to be addressed, and stay within budget while understanding why overruns happen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.