1. Associate Professor, Dept. of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia Univ., 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, EV-6.111, Montreal PQ, Canada (corresponding author).
2. Distinguished Research Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton Univ., Ottawa ON, Canada K1S 5B6.
3. Facilities Engineer, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. Andrews NB, Canada E5B 2L9.
4. Project Manager, Basic Consultant Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh; formerly, Graduate Student, Dept. of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia Univ., Montreal PQ, Canada H3G 1M8.