I use HCSS for estimating and project management. On the estimating side it automates many of my tedious tasks, reduces errors and typos, and lets me spend more time finalizing pricing. On the project management side it gives our field employees a clear picture of how the project was bid, expectations for production and products, and gives us clear costing to use in future bids. What I like most is the time savings, integration, and general workflow. Everything flows from precon, to estimating, to project management and field operations, to billing. It saves a tremendous amount of time with the data collection on the production side and the way it feeds back into estimating. On a recent large striping project where the material changed after bid on multiple bid items, I was able to quickly change the material in HeavyBid, export the changes to HeavyJob so project management and field employees had the correct information, and export to our ERP so accounting had a new budget and costing. That entire workflow was easily and quickly managed by one employee, me. Swapping material in HeavyBid takes seconds, exporting is one function that only takes a few minutes, and uploading those exports and changes to HeavyJob and our ERP is also a simple task that only takes a few minutes, with very little manual entry. I think HCSS offers a product that is easy enough that the right person could handle that entire workflow, quickly and efficiently. I use HeavyBid the most since bidding is my main task, but I value Precon and HeavyJob just as much as they are both integral to the entire process. I have improved on the initial setup quite a bit, made a lot of changes to the codebooks and our general workflow, and none of that was particularly difficult once you have a basic knowledge of the software. I have used multiple different bidding softwares, including homebrew excel sheets, and I feel HCSS offers the best product. I would not want to go back, and I'd rate it a 10 out of 10 to recommend.

Very easy to use and customer service is top notch.

Once it’s setup it streamlines estimate entry.