Cost & Carbon Estimating,
Built for Real Projects

Sterling helps preconstruction teams estimate cost & carbon together. Clear, practical, and aligned to real construction workflows.

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Trusted Across the Preconstruction Supply Chain

Aligned with industry standards

Including PAS 2080, ICMS, and NRM3, built to stand up to procurement, governance, and client review

Used across different sectors

Used by estimating and commercial teams across public and private sector projects

Carbon performance, and audit readiness

Supports organisations working under increasing scrutiny for cost certainty

Sterling Essential

One Platform for Cost & Carbon

Everything You Need to Estimate, Plan, and Forecast With Confidence

Cost & Carbon Estimating

Estimate cost & carbon side by side at resource level. Build up estimates using labour, plant, materials, and subcontract resources, with carbon values assigned transparently and consistently.

Libraries, Breakdown Structures, and Resources

Create, manage, and reuse structured cost and carbon libraries across projects and teams. Maintain control over rates, assumptions, and data sources, while supporting consistency at scale.

2D and 3D Takeoff, Fully Integrated

Prepare clear, structured bid packages for supply chain pricing. Share scope, quantities, cost, and carbon in a single view, reducing queries, risk, and rework.

Cost & Carbon Estimating

Estimate cost & carbon side by side at resource level. Build up estimates using labour, plant, materials, and subcontract resources, with carbon values assigned transparently and consistently.

Libraries, Breakdown Structures, and Resources

Create, manage, and reuse structured cost and carbon libraries across projects and teams. Maintain control over rates, assumptions, and data sources, while supporting consistency at scale.

2D and 3D Takeoff, Fully Integrated

Prepare clear, structured bid packages for supply chain pricing. Share scope, quantities, cost, and carbon in a single view, reducing queries, risk, and rework.

Cost & Carbon Estimating

Estimate cost & carbon side by side at resource level. Build up estimates using labour, plant, materials, and subcontract resources, with carbon values assigned transparently and consistently.

Libraries, Breakdown Structures, and Resources

Create, manage, and reuse structured cost and carbon libraries across projects and teams. Maintain control over rates, assumptions, and data sources, while supporting consistency at scale.

2D and 3D Takeoff, Fully Integrated

Prepare clear, structured bid packages for supply chain pricing. Share scope, quantities, cost, and carbon in a single view, reducing queries, risk, and rework.

Sterling Forecasting

Track Cost & Carbon over time

Track cost & carbon movement as projects evolve. Understand change, risk, and variance over time, with visibility from early estimate through delivery.

Sterling Life Cycle

Visibility across the entire Life Cycle

Extend estimating into whole-life cost & carbon planning. Align estimates to capital, operational, maintenance, and end-of-life stages in line with recognised industry standards.

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Integrations

Works with the Tools You Already Rely On

Sterling fits into the wider preconstruction ecosystem, reducing duplication and protecting your existing investments. Connect Sterling with document management systems, take-off tools, carbon data sources, and reporting platforms to create a joined-up workflow from day one. No rip and replace. No locked-in data. Just practical integration where it matters.

Connect effortlessly with popular third-party apps, expanding functionality and enabling smooth workflows between tools you already use.

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Built for Every Role in Preconstruction

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.

Client Bodies and Asset Owners

Gain visibility, consistency, and audit-ready outputs across capital programmes.

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Subcontractors

Price work accurately, respond faster, and collaborate more effectively with Tier 1s.

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Consultants and Cost Managers

Produce structured, transparent estimates that stand up to scrutiny and change.

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Quantity Surveyors

Reduce spreadsheet risk and deliver compliant, traceable outputs every time.

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Main Contractors

Align commercial strategy and sustainability targets without slowing bid teams down.

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Designed for the Way Construction Actually Works

Most estimating tools were built decades ago, long before carbon accountability became a commercial reality. Others treat carbon as an add-on, disconnected from how projects are priced and delivered.

Cost and carbon are estimated together in one workflow

Built around real estimating practices, not theoretical models tes

Built around real estimating practices, not theoretical models

Outputs aligned to procurement, audit, and framework requirements

Works with existing data, processes, and teams

Fast to deploy, easy to adopt, and scalable across organisations

Sustainability made practical, not aspirational

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Turning Targets into Measurable Action

Carbon requirements are now contractual, not optional. Yet many teams are still forced to manage carbon in separate tools, late in the process, or through manual workarounds. Sterling embeds carbon directly into estimating, where the biggest decisions are made.

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Ready to Estimate with Confidence?

Whether you are pricing your next bid, responding to framework requirements, or embedding Net Zero into preconstruction,
Sterling gives your team clarity and control in one platform.

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Turning Targets into Measurable Action

See Cost & Carbon Together

Try it yourself

Ready to Estimate with Confidence?

Whether you are pricing your next bid, responding to framework requirements, or embedding Net Zero into preconstruction,
Sterling gives your team clarity and control in one platform.

Want to have a quick look inside Sterling?

Watch a tour