1. Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Construction Engineering, École de technologie supérieure, Montréal, QC, Canada H3C 1K3 (corresponding author).
2. Research Associate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada J1K 2R1; Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut Univ., Assiut, Egypt.
3. Professor, Dept. of Construction Engineering, École de technologie supérieure, Montréal, QC, Canada H3C 1K3.
4. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada J1K 2R1.