1. Head of Fortifications Dept., Military Technical Research Center of Egypt, Cairo 11759, Egypt; formerly, Ph.D. Graduate, Dept. of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia Univ., Montréal, QC, Canada H3G 1M8.
2. Professor, Dept. of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia Univ., Montréal, QC, Canada H3G 1M8 (corresponding author). ORCID: .