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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English, French, Spanish

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Time to Implement

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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Dan W.

Senior Estimator/Project Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/20/2024

"HCSS Software"

4.5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

HCSS support is the best in the game, they answer their phones right away and solve your problems quickly. Their software suite has helped us maintain consistency in submitting competitive bids as well as tracking our projects with ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

HCSS is fairly expensive to own however the cost is worth it in the long run. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Whitney W.

Payroll Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/6/2024

"Payroll - HCSS"

5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

First and foremost, the customer service and technical support are amazing! They are always available immediately and courteous when helping you with whatever you need. I utilize the HCSS payroll, and timekeeping, every day throughout the day. It is user friendly and doesn't require alot of steps to complete an idividdual task. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

I haven't run into any downsides since working with them, May of 2024. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Keith B.

Project engineer/Estimator

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/5/2024

"It's an excellent tool. It is very easy to learn the basics"

5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

It's just a very intuitive tool, that has all the things I need to put a cmprehensive bid together. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

I don't know all the functions. I still want to take sosme classes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fehoko F.

Project Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/19/2025

"Project Engineer"

5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

I like that you can run different reports based on what you are looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

I don’t like that there isn’t an undo button on heavy job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aaron G.

Business System Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/18/2025

"UGM 2025"

5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

They offer so many products that they can help solve any of your needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

The dashboards are useful but can feel outdated sometimes. Slowly upgrading that Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andrew D.

Project Manager and Inventory Specialist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/5/2024

"The best customer service in the industry."

5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

Knowing I can pick up the phone at any time and ask questions about issues I'm dealing with. The programs work well and have very little downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

Desktop applications are dated (Heavy Jobs). Cloud server can be slow for HCSS Dispatcher, which is also a little dated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Justin B.

President

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/6/2024

"Always positive"

3.5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

The customer support and 24/7 hotline with a guaranteed answer was the main reason for selecting HCSS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

The pricing structure can be confusing sometimes, can be frustrating at times with every add on for things like users and cloud services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tylor B.

Civil construction superintendent

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/14/2024

"Making Job site paper work easy!"

5/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

Ease of use is the best part of this program, along with the great support service staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

No issues anywhere! In fact I wish we could use it more openly in the field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Construction

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/14/2024

"Very Good Software Program"

4/5

What do you like best about HCSS?

There is so much that you can do with HCSS. There are so many screens and places to find infomation on your bid. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about HCSS?

The lease helpful is having to go to a bid summary and spread then having to go to bid pricing. Can all of this not be on the same page, or at least have it so you do not have to run spread. Can you get it spread automatically all the time? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.