Excessive planning budgets and schedule delays arise as early as the planning phase of a construction project. Insufficient communication, increasing complexity, volatile material costs, a shortage of skilled workers, and incompatible software solutions impact the project from the outset. Digitizing interfaces and linking cross-trade software solutions can optimize processes and simplify communication among all project stakeholders. Automating standards-based planning offers high flexibility with short processing times, reduced personnel requirements, and thus enables lower planning costs.