Sterling DCS - Construction Cost & Carbon Ecosystem

Estimating

Construction Estimating Built on Real Data

Create accurate cost and carbon estimates using structured data, real resources, and connected workflows. From early stage cost planning to detailed estimating, all in one platform.

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Create high level cost plans using unit rates and key quantities

Structure estimates in line with project stages or industry frameworks

Build and reuse cost planning libraries for consistency

Quickly test options and scenarios during early design stages

Maintain alignment with later detailed estimating workflows

Transition seamlessly from top down to detailed estimates

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Resource Based Estimating

As projects develop, greater detail is required. Sterling enables full bottom up estimating using real construction resources.

  • Build estimates using labour, plant, and material resources

  • Define detailed production rates and outputs

  • Support different workflows across projects and regions

  • Capture real world assumptions and methodologies

  • Remove duplication between commercial and sustainability teams

  • Link resources directly to measured quantities

  • Support informed decision making throughout the project lifecycle

  • Produce accurate and transparent cost outputs

  • Align estimating with how projects are actually delivered on site

Smart Builder for Rapid Estimate Creation

Smart Builder provides a fast and intuitive way to create estimates using structured libraries and predefined components.

  • Create estimates using drag and drop from libraries

  • Combine breakdown structures, cost items, and resources

  • Rapidly build consistent estimates across projects

  • No export or manual reconciliation required 

  • Standardise approaches across teams and regions

  • Reduce manual effort and improve efficiency

  • Enable quick setup of both cost plans and detailed estimates

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Cost and Carbon Fully Aligned

Cost and carbon are calculated together from the same data, ensuring full alignment and supporting modern sustainability requirements.

  • Estimate cost and carbon in a single workflow

  • Assign carbon values at resource level for greater accuracy

  • Support different workflows across projects and regions

  • Align outputs with PAS 2080 principles and best practice

  • Remove duplication between commercial and sustainability teams

  • Provide consistent reporting across cost and carbon

  • Support informed decision making throughout the project lifecycle

Multi User Collaboration

Estimating is a team activity. Sterling is built to support collaboration across multiple users working on the same project.

  • Enable multiple users to work on the same estimate at the same time

  • Control access and permissions across teams

  • Maintain a single source of truth for all estimating data

  • No export or manual reconciliation required 

  • Track changes and updates across users

  • Improve collaboration between estimating, commercial, and sustainability teams

  • Support distributed teams working across different locations

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Explore Estimating

Sterling supports the full range of roles involved in preconstruction, giving each team the clarity and confidence they need, without forcing change for the sake of it.

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