1. Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, British Univ. in Egypt, Suez Desert Rd., P.O. Box 43, El-Sherouk City, Cairo 11837, Egypt; formerly, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster Univ., 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L7 (corresponding author). ORCID: .
2. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineer, McMaster Univ., 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L7.
3. Martini, Mascarin and George Chair in Masonry Design, and Director, McMaster Institute for Multi-Hazard Systemic Risk Studies, Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster Univ., 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L7. ORCID: .
4. Joe NG/JNE Consulting Chair in Design, Construction and Management in Infrastructure Renewal, and Chair, Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster Univ., 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L7.