Welcome to Built4Tomorrow

As editors, we have repeatedly asked ourselves the same question over the past few months: What can a new trade publication offer a market already rich in expertise? Our answer soon became clear: a perspective that looks beyond individual disciplines.

Built4Tomorrow is part of the RM Rudolf Müller media group. Over many years, the group has built deep expertise in design, construction and real estate through publications including immobilienmanager, B+B Bauen im Bestand, bmH bauen mit Holz or bfb barrierefrei bauen. With B4T, a perspective is added that deliberately looks beyond individual disciplines and project phases.

This is because planning, construction, and operation can no longer be neatly separated today. Data from planning is needed in construction and should still function in operation years later. Facility management does not only begin with the handover of keys. Circularity is not decided only at the demolition stage. And technologies like BIM, Digital Twins, AI, or robotics are only truly interesting when they improve processes and make a difference in practice.

That's exactly what Built4Tomorrow - B4T is about.

We want to know how digital value creation works across the entire lifecycle of buildings and infrastructure. What already works? Where are the bottlenecks? Which technologies actually solve problems - and which ones create new ones first? Which data needs to pass from one project phase to the next? And what does it all mean for those who plan, build, develop, operate, or deliver the appropriate technologies? Who are the people behind the construction projects? And what do they need for their work?

We're not starting from scratch. B4T is closely associated with BIM World MUNICH and CAFM World. Every November, we experience how broad the topics have become: BIM meets AI, robotics meets circular economy, planning meets operation, technology providers meet users. What begins on the stages, in panels, and discussions, we want to continue pursuing with Built4Tomorrow throughout the year beyond the event days.

A conference talk can become a case study, a discussion an interview. A new technology can prompt us to investigate where it already works in practice. Our six sections technology, real estate industry, building operation, sustainability, law, and infrastructure reflect that ambition. We report on BIM and Digital Twins as well as on CAFM and Smart Buildings, construction processes, circular economy, new regulatory requirements, or the digitalisation of railways, roads and bridges. For us, the key is not the number of buzzwords, but the question: What does this specifically mean for the industry?

And now the site is actually live. So let's get started. Enjoy browsing, clicking, and reading. We look forward to your feedback, suggestions for improvement, and constructive criticism. Of course, also to praise! And to many exciting cases, interviews, guest contributions, and in-depth features we hope to develop with you.

Please feel free to write to us. Here you can reach the B4T editorial team.