1. SNC Lavalin Arabia, Al-Saeed Tower 2, Khobar-Dammam Express Highway, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
2. Professor, Construction Engineering and Management, Canada Research Chair in Operations Simulation, NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Construction Engineering and Management, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3-015 Markin/CNRL Natural Resources Engineering Facility, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G2 (corresponding author).