Sterling May 2026 Platform Update (2)

Release 2026.05.02 | May 2026 Platform Update

The second Sterling platform release of May 2026 continues the momentum of rapid product innovation, delivering another major wave of enhancements across Takeoff, Cost Planning, Forecasting, and platform administration. With two significant releases delivered in a single month, this update reflects Sterling’s continued focus on accelerating digital construction workflows and delivering meaningful user-driven improvements at pace.

This release introduces major usability enhancements across Takeoff management, improved programme editing capabilities, advanced archive workflows, stronger project visibility, and significant performance optimisation across large datasets and complex project environments. Users can expect a faster, more intuitive experience with greater control across estimating, procurement, and delivery workflows.

Core Platform

The Core platform continues to evolve with enhancements focused on workflow transparency, enterprise administration, and improved project data accessibility. This release introduces expanded visibility into archived Takeoff Item workflows, helping users better understand how Takeoff data connects into Cost Planning and commercial processes.

Additional platform improvements enhance portfolio data access and improve system administration workflows for enterprise users managing large-scale project environments.

Delivered Enhancements

• Added visibility showing where archived Takeoff Items are assigned within Cost Plans

• Improved portfolio API data visibility with expanded company information

• Enhanced enterprise system administration workflows

• Enhanced archive management workflows across project data

Takeoff

Takeoff receives one of its most substantial workflow updates to date, introducing major improvements focused on scalability, usability, and performance. Users can now archive and manage Takeoff Items more effectively, with clearer visibility into how measurements and quantities are connected to downstream Cost Plans and estimating workflows.

This release also introduces major infrastructure improvements for batch processing, tree management, and data handling, resulting in faster performance and improved stability when working with large project datasets and complex model structures.

Delivered Enhancements

• Added Takeoff Item archive and unarchive functionality

• Added archive filtering within the “Add from Take-off List” workflow

• Added visibility of Cost Plan assignments for archived Takeoff Items

• Introduced advanced Takeoff service tree navigation with Model, Types, and Layers tabs

• Added multi-level drag-and-drop aggregation workflows

• Improved Takeoff grid performance and responsiveness

• Enhanced metadata management workflows for Takeoff Items

• Added bulk drawing element processing capabilities

• Improved batch Takeoff processing infrastructure

• Enhanced unit management and background processing workflows

• Improved quantity visibility and measurement handling

• Enhanced 2D and 3D quantity alignment and readability

Estimating & Cost Planning

This release delivers a more streamlined and visually intuitive estimating experience, with enhancements designed to improve usability, data readability, and workflow transparency across Cost Planning and Takeoff integration.

New visual hierarchy improvements and enhanced archive visibility provide users with clearer insight into project structures and associated quantities, helping commercial teams navigate complex estimates more efficiently.

Delivered Enhancements

• Added Cost Item grid level shading for improved visual hierarchy

• Improved Cost Plan and Takeoff Item relationship visibility

• Enhanced archived Takeoff Item management within estimating workflows

• Improved quantity alignment and readability across grids

• Enhanced Cost and Carbon viewing settings

• Improved handling of large estimating datasets

Forecasting & Programme Management

Programme and forecasting workflows receive significant usability improvements in this release through enhanced inline editing capabilities and improved interaction within Gantt chart environments.

These updates allow teams to make faster programme adjustments directly within schedules, improving workflow efficiency and reducing friction when managing live delivery programmes.

Delivered Enhancements

• Added inline editing capabilities within Gantt programme views

• Improved programme interaction workflows

• Enhanced scheduling usability and responsiveness

• Improved editing efficiency across forecasting and programme management workflows

Security, Stability & Platform Performance

Alongside functional enhancements, this release includes important platform optimisation and infrastructure improvements designed to support enterprise scalability, stability, and long-term performance.

These updates improve background processing efficiency, strengthen platform reliability, and support larger project workloads across the Sterling ecosystem.

Delivered Enhancements

• Enhanced batch processing infrastructure

• Improved background job scheduling workflows

• Improved system dashboard accessibility and administration

• Enhanced platform scalability for large project environments

• Improved data processing performance across Takeoff workflows

• Updated frontend dependencies and security libraries