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What is HCSS?

HCSS is a construction software suite. It includes functionality for bidding, time card and project management, safety, planning, scheduling, equipment management, and data warehousing and reporting. Each module can be purchased separately. The suite can be hosted in the cloud.

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The only one for heavy civil construction

Rating: 6 out of 10
April 29, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
The company utilizes HCSS HeavyJob to track and analyze daily costs and production quantities. It is provided companywide; however, adoption and use of the product to full cap...
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Angelique Hamm
Project Manager - Corporate
Corporate Applications Manager
Flatiron
HCSS3 years of experience

A Leader in the Construction World

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 18, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
HCSS is used by various departments. Mostly in the field for timecards, cost controls, and engineering/bidding. Timecards are kept in HeavyJob, which correlates and feeds in...
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J. Mickey Merguerian
Engineer - Finance and Accounting
Project Controls Coordinator
Underpinning and Foundation Skanska
HCSS2 years of experience

The Cadillac Software

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 15, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
HCSS is being used in our Earthwork/Utility division as our bidding and project management software. Heavybid allows for consistent bidding while allowing us to pull bids toge...
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Dan Watkins
Project Manager - Other
Estimator/Project Manager
Casper Construction, Inc.
HCSS5 years of experience

From a Paper Notepad to a Sofeware Program, what an upgrade.

Rating: 8 out of 10
January 9, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
HCSS products are being used at almost every level of our company. Project managers are using Heavy Bid. Foreman are using Heavy Job to report time and quantities. The Schedul...
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Olaf Johnson
Manager - Other
Scheduling Manager
Northeast Asphalt, Inc. | A Walbec Group Company
HCSS2 years of experience

Spot on estimating and Field Management software!

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 9, 2018
Vetted ReviewVerified User
HCSS is being used across most of our organization. It starts with estimating projects, continues thru project management. The software is extremely versatile and powerful and...
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Mike DeRousse
Board Member - Corporate
President
Conco-West, Inc.
HCSS13 years of experience
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What is HCSS?

HCSS is a construction software suite. It includes functionality for bidding, time card and project management, safety, planning, scheduling, equipment management, and data warehousing and reporting. Each module can be purchased separately. The suite can be hosted in the cloud.

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  • Setup fee required

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

Construction Project & Field Management

Features related to collaboration between construction management and project execution (e.g. the office and the job site, general contractors and subcontractors)

6.8
Avg 7.6
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Product Details

What is HCSS?

HCSS is a construction software suite for estimating, operations, project management, safety, and equipment management used by the top contractors in transportation, oil & gas, power, industrial, telecom, and water/wastewater. Contractors use the software suite to win profitable work, keep projects on track and on budget, manage key assets, and then they integrate that information directly into their accounting system.

Suite components include:
  • HeavyBid (estimating)
  • HeavyJob (time cards, job costing, project management)
  • HCSS Safety
  • HCSS Plans
  • Equipment360
  • HCSS Telematics
  • HCSS Dispatcher
  • FuelerPlus
  • HCSS eLogs
  • HCSS Cloud
  • HCSS Skills
  • HCSS Forms

HCSS Features

Construction Project & Field Management Features

  • Supported: Plan distribution & viewing
  • Supported: Plan markups & sharing
  • Supported: Document sharing
  • Supported: Issue tracking & punchlists
  • Supported: Photo documentation
  • Supported: Jobsite reports
  • Supported: Collaboration & approvals
  • Supported: Mobile app

Additional Features

  • Supported: Estimating and bidding
  • Supported: Invitation to bid
  • Supported: Quote management
  • Supported: Timecards
  • Supported: Daily diaries
  • Supported: Production quantities
  • Supported: T&M Reporting
  • Supported: Equipment Maintenance
  • Supported: Equipment Work Orders
  • Supported: Alerts & Notifications

HCSS Screenshots

Screenshot of HeavyBid - build the structure of your estimateScreenshot of HeavyBid - manage sub and material quotesScreenshot of HeavyBid - create professional bid proposalsScreenshot of HeavyJob - manage your job site from your mobile deviceScreenshot of HeavyJob - capture job site photos from any deviceScreenshot of HeavyJob - review, edit, and approve time cards from a mobile deviceScreenshot of HeavyJob - review daily job information and crew performance on a mobile deviceScreenshot of HeavyJob - see how your jobs are performing from your mobile deviceScreenshot of HCSS Safety - lead effective safety meetingsScreenshot of HCSS Safety - keep permanent inspections in one central locationScreenshot of HCSS Safety - capture near misses in the fieldScreenshot of HCSS Safety - capture incident information as soon as it happensScreenshot of HCSS Safety - JHAs/JSAs/AHAs

HCSS Video

Construction Software Development Company - Estimating, Bidding, & More | HCSS

HCSS Integrations

HCSS Competitors

HCSS Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported CountriesUnited States, Canada

Frequently Asked Questions

HCSS is a construction software suite. It includes functionality for bidding, time card and project management, safety, planning, scheduling, equipment management, and data warehousing and reporting. Each module can be purchased separately. The suite can be hosted in the cloud.

Viewpoint ProContractor, InEight, and Microsoft Excel are common alternatives for HCSS.

Reviewers rate Photo documentation highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of HCSS are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

HCSS Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)30%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)55%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)15%
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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HCSS - Payroll Processing

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 01, 2017
BL
Bethanie Larson
Payroll Supervisor
JF Brennan Company (Construction, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
HCSS
5 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
HCSS is used across the company. We use it to track time cards, equipment usage, material quantities, subsistence, and per diem, at least to my knowledge.
Pros
  • The program is designed to work well for our employees that travel, which is 80% of the company.
  • The exports that HCSS can create for us work well with our accounting program. It's great how they can create their data to work with another program.
Cons
  • We currently struggle with importing data from the outside. Our superintendents will send data to the cloud and we struggle at times to pull the data into our [management] system that we use at the corporate office. That could also be on our end.
Likelihood to Recommend
HCSS is designed to work with construction firms, and I would say for any company that has employees that travel a lot. If you work with a crew of employees, the superintendent can report his own time, along with his crew members. He can also report who should receive per diem (over night stays), and how much material they went through in a day. Material reporting is important for future projects. It provides real data on how long it takes to conduct a particular activity along with how much material the crew went through to accomplish that particular activity.

HCSS Suite

Rating: 8 out of 10
November 08, 2017
Verified User
Director in Finance and Accounting
Construction Company, 501-1000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
HCSS
7 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use HCSS across our organization for bidding with HeavyBid, collecting field data with HeavyJob manager and mobile (time, equipment, production quantities, change tracking), E360 for equipment maintenance, E360 Fueler for off-road fueling and Dispatcher for our heavy equipment hauls.
Pros
  • The customer service at HCSS is outstanding. You can always get a person on the phone and the expertise provided with all products is above expectations.
  • The HCSS user conferences are great for all skill levels and applications. There's something for everybody and the presenters have the knowledge and willingness to address your needs and concerns.
  • Their implementation process is well organized and executed. Going to their office for implementation is highly recommended.
Cons
  • Their mobile offerings vary too widely between iOS and Android where Android is available. We are a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) company and have many users split between iOS and Android products. This causes issues as HCSS is iOS only for E360, and on HeavyJob they are typically a year behind in parity between iOS and Android with the former the most up to date. Would like to see a cross platform app that mirrors where they are heading with their web app offerings.
  • Their mobile applications do not always send data two ways. For example, jobs, cost codes, employees and equipment lists update to the HCSS field app but you can not see other time statistics from other foremen unless you are a manager on the iOS manager app, manager web app or desktop app. Only what is in the local tablet's database is what the foreman can see. This also causes issues when a tablet fails without a backup and restore made to the local database. In this instance, though all data sent in is stored in the main system, the foreman loses any history they may have had on the tablet.
  • HeavyJob serves as our timekeeping system for our field crews. As such it would be nice to be able to apply time entry rules and workflow routing to ensure data is keyed in a timely fashion and routed to the correct individuals. All approvals work on a filter basis requiring each manager to seek and find unapproved time. It is nearly impossible to enforce time entry deadlines without custom built alerts and followup reporting for zero time and missing time cards.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited for processes with little or no variability (i.e. PM’s in E360, budget loads in HJ, cost code adds in HJ, crew building in HB). Less appropriate for dynamic processes that require customization to reduce double entry with Spectrum Accounting (Pay Apps in HJ, divisional based tracking in HJ, R&M cost tracking in E360).

For RR, Mostly a positive experience.

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 03, 2017
MI
Michael Intlekofer
Manager, IT
Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. (Construction, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
HCSS
6 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Rieth-Riley has standardized on HeavyBid for our Estimating Software. Likewise, we have chosen HeavyJob as our Job Cost application having all of our Indiana locations using the software.
Pros
  • Excellent Job Site Tool for collecting time card data, production, equipment usage, as well as production analysis.
  • HeavyBid is our de facto standard company wide.
Cons
  • Recently experienced several months of issues in the field with my iPad users. Turns out there was an issue with the HCSS Cloud (i.e. Azure). Took forever to resolve, but all appears to be running as expected now.
Likelihood to Recommend
HCSS is well positioned the Construction Industry with a wide array of applications available.

HCSS Feedback

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 19, 2018
MR
Mildred Rodriguez
Production Coordinator
The Lane Construction Corporation (Construction, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
HCSS
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our foremen currently use the Field System to create and send timecards. We will begin our testing phase to transition to mobile devices in the near future. Our Office Managers are the final approval level for timecards sent in by the foremen. They track attendance to manage paid and unpaid time off from work. Engineers and Superintendents use the Manager System to review and approve the first two approval levels. They review labor hours, cost codes, quantities and equipment codes and hours. They use the Production Analysis and Planner as well as other reports available in the Manager System.

We recently upgraded to 2016, and we have had a few kinks that we are working through, with HCSS. Overall, I feel the upgrade went well with a lot of work from HCSS and our team. Our company uses Specialty Jobs which is a complex element to manage.

Pros
  • HCSS has established a team to assist our Company with any issue that arises. They respond timely and give us quality service.
  • HCSS works to accommodate our need in using Specialty Jobs, which tend to complicate our use of the product.
  • HCSS has created a very good process flow for Project Jobs with their product.
Cons
  • Some of the reports contain just the Foremen employee number, it would be great if they also contain the name.
  • Some of the reports are not compatible with running them in Excel, it would be great to be able to dump the data into an Excel spreadsheet.
  • I would like to be able to run User Accounts into an Excel spreadsheet.
Likelihood to Recommend

A Leader in the Construction World

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 18, 2020
JM
J. Mickey Merguerian
Project Controls Coordinator
Underpinning and Foundation Skanska (Civil Engineering, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
HCSS
2 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
HCSS is used by various departments. Mostly in the field for timecards, cost controls, and engineering/bidding.

Timecards are kept in HeavyJob, which correlates and feeds info into JDE. The field uses these applications which are then analyzed and approved by cost controls.

HeavyBid is used by our engineering/bidding department. All major bids use this HeavyBid and we find it to be an extraordinary program. Allows us to compile a lot of historic data to be used in current bids. Truly a blessing.
Pros
  • HCSS works wonderfully as a timecard. Using the application is very easy and it speaks very well to our data systems.
  • HCSS is the pinnacle of estimating tools. It allows multiple analytics and set-ups for estimators. In addition, conversions of your bid into budgets are extremely easy once exported.
  • Within HeavyJob, once you enter in manhours and production data they run all the data analysis for you, providing graphs and figures from your inputs.
Cons
  • The software itself seems to be a bit outdated as far as user interface
  • I'm not sure if this is a result of too much data or what, but the programs tend to be on the slower side when importing and exporting data.
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are looking for a well-rounded tool that can be used by the field for Field logs, Man Hours/Timecards, estimating and analytics, this is the product for you. It gives the user a lot of controls and parameters to filter data by, and as far as estimating, I believe this is the best product out there.
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