1. Graduate Student, Centre for Building Studies, Dept. of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia Univ., 1257 Guy St., 341 Montreal PQ, Canada, H3H 1H5. E-mail:gtsegaye@cbs-engr.concordia.ca
2. Professor and Associate Dean Graduate Studies, Centre for Building Studies, Dept. of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia Univ., 1257 Guy St., 341 Montreal PQ, Canada, H3H 1H5. E-mail:statho@cbs-engr.concordia.ca
3. Professor and Dean of Research and Technology Transfer, École de technologie supérieure, 1100 Notre-Dame W. Montreal PQ, Canada, H3C 1K3. E-mail: claude.bedard@etsmtl.ca