Sterling's July platform update continues our commitment to delivering regular, customer focused enhancements across the platform. This release places a strong emphasis on improving usability, collaboration, programme management, and Takeoff workflows, while introducing new capabilities for Forecasting and further enhancing the performance and user experience of Sterling Essentials.

From support for CSV programme imports and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) codes, to enhanced 3D revisioning, smarter formula suggestions, and improved Cost Planning workflows, this release helps users work faster, navigate complex projects more efficiently, and maintain greater confidence in their estimating and project data.

Sterling Essentials (Cost Planning & Estimating)

Sterling Essentials continues to evolve with enhancements that improve the day to day estimating experience, making Cost Plans easier to navigate and manage across larger projects. This release introduces improvements to Cost Item library management, structure assignment, formula creation, and revision analysis, helping estimators build and maintain estimates more efficiently.

Visual improvements within Cost Plans also make complex structures easier to understand, whilst enhanced formula suggestions reduce manual input and speed up estimate creation.

Delivered Enhancements

• Enhanced Formula Editor with smarter autocomplete suggestions

• Formula suggestions now align with available Cost Plan fields

• Added Cost Item structure assignment within Resource Libraries

• Improved Cost Item library management workflows

• Added action column improvements within Cost Item grids

• Added structure selection within revision variance views

• Enhanced hierarchy shading across Cost Plans

• Improved on demand totals calculations for faster estimate updates

• Enhanced revision comparison workflows

Takeoff

Takeoff receives another significant round of enhancements focused on productivity, revision management, and collaboration. Users can now work more effectively with 2D and 3D revision workflows through improved relational highlighting, enhanced viewer controls, and synchronised selections between drawings and measurement grids.

The continued evolution of the Sterling Takeoff Viewer delivers better performance and a more consistent experience across both large BIM models and traditional drawing based workflows.

Delivered Enhancements

• Enhanced 3D Revisioning with relational highlighting

• Added undock and redock capability for 3D Revision views

• Improved synchronisation between drawings and measurement grids

• Enhanced Takeoff Viewer performance and stability

• Improved Takeoff service performance

• Better handling of measurement names throughout workflows

• Improved movement of Takeoff Items within project structures

• Enhanced grouped measurement presentation

• Improved derived measurement calculations

• Enhanced keyboard navigation within Takeoff

• Improved selection and editing behaviour across measurement grids

• Continued improvements to the Sterling Takeoff Viewer

Forecasting

Forecasting continues to develop with new programme management capabilities designed to improve flexibility when importing schedules from external planning systems.

Support for CSV programme imports provides an additional option for organisations working with large schedules, whilst new Work Breakdown Structure code support improves alignment between planning and commercial teams.

Delivered Enhancements

• Added CSV programme import capability

• Added Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) code support

• Improved programme import performance

• Enhanced schedule management workflows

• Improved integration with external planning data

Bid Packages

This release includes several enhancements that improve the relationship between Cost Planning and procurement workflows. Improvements to Cost Item assignment, structure management, and revision handling help ensure Bid Package information remains aligned with project estimates throughout the procurement process.

These updates provide greater confidence when managing commercial changes and subcontractor pricing activities.

Delivered Enhancements

• Improved Cost Item assignment workflows

• Enhanced structure management across commercial data

• Improved revision variance visibility

• Better alignment between Cost Plans and procurement workflows

• Enhanced Cost Item library integration

Lifecycle

This release continues to strengthen the underlying platform capabilities that support Lifecycle cost management by improving consistency across project structures, calculations, and revision handling.

Whilst there are no major Lifecycle specific features introduced in this release, many of the platform improvements benefit organisations managing cost information across the full project lifecycle.

Delivered Enhancements

• Improved calculation consistency across project structures

• Enhanced revision comparison workflows

• Improved project data management

• Better integration between estimating and lifecycle information

User Experience & Performance

Alongside new functionality, this release includes numerous improvements focused on usability, navigation, and platform responsiveness. These enhancements help users work more efficiently across larger projects while improving the overall experience throughout the Sterling platform.

Visual improvements, improved keyboard navigation, enhanced viewer behaviour, and faster calculations all contribute to a smoother and more productive user experience.

Delivered Enhancements

• Improved viewer undock and redock experience

• Persistent viewer window sizing

• Enhanced hierarchy shading throughout the platform

• Improved revision comparison interfaces

• Faster on demand calculations

• Improved platform responsiveness

• Enhanced large project performance

• Continued optimisation of the Sterling Takeoff Viewer

Release 2026.06.01 continues Sterling's rapid pace of innovation with enhancements across Cost Planning, Takeoff, Forecasting, and platform usability. From smarter estimating tools and improved programme imports to enhanced 3D revisioning and stronger commercial workflows, this release delivers practical improvements that help project teams work faster, collaborate more effectively, and maintain greater confidence in their cost, carbon, and project information.