The goal of the project ‘On the way to digital construction: Automation of shell construction with cable robot technology’ funded by the Ministry for Regional Identity, Local Government, Building and Digitalization of the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia was the creation of ceilings as part of the shell construction. Together with the already demonstrated automatic creation of sand-lime masonry, large parts of the shell construction can be automated. This is intended to advance automation in the construction industry in general. As part of the project, initially, automatable ceiling systems are selected. The automation of the building shell is to be carried out using a cable-driven parallel robot, which are particulary suitable for large workspaces and heavy payloads. The work includes the development of a robotic platform and interchangeable tools to perform a wide range of tasks. The processes for the professional and correct installation of suspended ceilings are developed and implemented. The main focus of this work is the handling of heavy prefabricated ceiling elements with cable driven parallel robots. Finally, the tools and processes are implemented and tested on the demonstrator. The first results are discussed and further steps are suggested.