Abstract
The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector is facing the digital transformation by promoting the building information modelling (BIM) as a standard methodology for the digital managing of information along the whole lifecycle of a construction work. Although small-medium enterprises (SMEs) and public administrations (PAs) are aware of the BIM benefit, they ask for pilot actions and tools for testing BIM applications in their daily activities in order to measure benefits and difficulties in detail. This chapter discusses the BIM Simulation Lab initiative which aims at establishing a laboratory for an effective and efficient BIM implementation, by promoting a physical space and specific services for supporting the territory in the DT. The authors describe the concept of the lab and they introduce an assessment method that adopts an indirect approach of the BIM benefit assessment leveraging principles from construction cost estimation and probabilistic risk management.