1. Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, American Univ. of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2. Former M.Sc. Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, American Univ. of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; presently, Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia Univ., Montréal, QC, Canada H4B 1R6.
3. Professor, Dept. of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia Univ., Montréal, QC, Canada H4B 1R6 (corresponding author). ORCID: .