Abstract: A multicriteria and multilevel seismic risk management framework is presented to ensure an acceptable and consistent level of risk for existing buildings in Canada with a focus on minimizing threats to life safety. The ...

Abstract: This study presents a novel approach to investigate the impacts of temperature rise in a changing climate on the design-service life of reinforced concrete bridge decks in diverse regions across Canada. Most studies in the ...

Abstract: Modern structural design codes assume a statistically stationary climate. However, it is now known that the climate is changing at a rate that calls into question the stationarity assumption. This study was undertaken to ...