Refereed Conference Publications:
PUBLISHED
[1] Ahmed, M., Elazouni, A. and Zayed, T. (2011). "Assessment of Activities Criticality Related to
Cash Flow Parameters," Proceedings of Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) /
Construction Research Congress (CRC), Ottawa, Ontario, June 14- 17.
[2] Elwakil, E. and Zayed, T. (2011). "Construction Data Preparation Framework Using Fuzzy
Approach," Proceedings of Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) / Construction
Research Congress (CRC), Ottawa, Ontario, June 14- 17.
[3] Semaan, N. and Zayed, T. (2011). "Structural Performance Model for Subway Systems,"
Proceedings of Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) / Construction Research Congress
(CRC), Ottawa, Ontario, June 14- 17.
[4] Ghodoosi, F., Bagchi, A. and Zayed, T. (2011). "Reliability Assessment of Steel-Free Deck
System Bridges," Proceedings of Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) / Construction
Research Congress (CRC), Ottawa, Ontario, June 14- 17.
[5] Wahab, R., Zayed, T., Goh, T., and Wang, C. (2011). "Sustainability and Maintainability of Port
Infrastructure Using BIM/4D CAD Simulation Model," Proceedings of MTEC 2011, Singapore,
April 13-15.
[6] Zayed, T., Abbas, N., Soliman, E. and Amer, M. (2010). “Fuzzy-Based Safety Index for Tower
Cranes,” AICSGE, 7th Alexandria International Conference for Structural and Geotechnical
Engineering, Alexandria Unuiversity, December 27-29, MG-47-55.
[7] Zayed, T. and Goh, T. (2010). "Greening Through Well Constructible and Operable Designs in
Building Projects," Tropical and Sub Tropical Green Building Alliance Conference, Shenzhen,
China, December 5-7.
[8] Elwakil, E. and Zayed, T. (2010). "Data Preparation Framework for Construction Processes,"
International Conference on Construction and Project Management, (ICCPM 2010), Chengdu,
China, November 16-18.
[9] Elwakil, E. and Zayed, T. (2010). "Knowledge Discovery System for Construction Processes,"
International Conference on Construction and Project Management, (ICCPM 2010), Chengdu,
China, November 16-18.
[10] Shahata, K. and Zayed, T. (2010). "Integrated Decision-Support Framework for Municipal
Infrastructure Asset," International Pipelines Conference, ASCE, Keystone, Colorado, USA,
August 28 - September 1, pp. 1492-1502.
[11] Eweda, A., Zayed, T., and Alkass, S. (2010). “An Integrated Condition Assessment Model for
Buildings,” Proceedings of Construction Research Congress (CRC), ASCE, Banff, Alberta,
Canada, May 8 – 10.
[12] Moselhi, O., Zayed, T., Khan, Z., and Salman, A. (2010). “Community-Driven and ReliabilityBased Budget Allocation for Water Networks,” Proceedings of Construction Research Congress
(CRC), ASCE, Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 8 – 10.
[13] Ammar, M. and Zayed, T. (2009). "Assessment of ISO Benefits versus Cost in the Construction
Industry," 13th International Conf. on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSGE), Ain
Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, December 27-29.
[14] AbuTaleb, M., Ammar, M. and Zayed, T. (2009). "The Implementation of ISO-9000 Standards to
Construction," 13th International Conf. on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSGE), Ain
Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, December 27-29.
[15] Shahata, K. and Zayed, T. (2009). "Integrated Management Approach for Infrastructure Assets,"
INFRA 2009, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, November 16-18.
[16] Sharifi, M. and Zayed, T. (2009). "Productivity Analysis for Jacket Platform Fabrication," 11th
Arab Structural Engineering Conference (11th ASEC), King Fahd University of Petroleum &
Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 25-27 October.
[17] Adel, M. and Zayed, T. (2009). "Productivity Analysis of Horizontal Directional Drilling,"
International Pipelines Conference, ASCE, San Diego, USA, August 15-19.
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[18] Khan, Z., Moselhi, O., and Zayed, T. (2009). "Level of Service Based Methodology for
Municipal Corridor Rehabilitation," International Pipelines Conf., ASCE, San Diego, USA,
August 15-19.
[19] Mohamed, E. and Zayed, T. (2009). "Bracket Automatic Climbing System Productivity Model,"
7th Asia Pacific Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (APSEC) and Asian
European Civil Engineering Forum (EACEF), Langkawi, Malaysia, August 4 – 6.
[20] Hijazi, W., Alkass, S., and Zayed, T. (2009). " Constructability Assessment Using BIM/4D CAD
Simulation Model," The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, AACE
International Transactions, 53rd Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 28 - July 1, BIM-04, 1-14.
[21] Khan, Z., Zayed, T., and Moselhi, O. (2009). “Simulating Impact of Factors Affecting Sewer
Network Operational Condition,” Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) Conference, St.
John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, May 27-30, GC-054.
[22] Khan, Z., Zayed, T., and Moselhi, O. (2009). “Neural Networks Based Structural Condition
Assessment of Sewer Pipelines,” Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) Conference, St.
John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, May 27-30, GC-063.
[23] Qasem, A., Zayed, T., and Chen, Z. (2009). “A Decision Support System Framework for
Wastewater Treatment Plants Maintenance and Rehabilitation,” Canadian Society of Civil
Engineering (CSCE) Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, May 27-30, GC-064.
[24] Qasem, A., Zayed, T., and Chen, Z. (2009). “A Condition Rating Framework for Wastewater
Treatment Plants,” Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) Conference, St. John’s,
Newfoundland, Canada, May 27-30, GC-065.
[25] Liu, Y., Zayed, T., and Li, S. (2009). “Cash Flow Analysis of Construction Projects,” Canadian
Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, May 2730, ICS-201.
[26] Hijazi, W., Alkass, S. and Zayed, T. (2009). “Constructability Assessment Framework Using
BIM Technology,” Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) Conference, St. John’s,
Newfoundland, Canada, May 27-30, ICS-206.
[27] Eweda, A., Elwakil, E., Mahmoud, M., Ammar, M., Mashhour, I., and Zayed, T. (2009).
“Investigation and Modeling of Critical Success Factors in Construction Organizations,”
Construction Research Congress (CRC), ASCE, Seattle, Washington USA, April 5-7.
[28] Mohamed, D., Srour, F., Tabra, W., and Zayed, T. (2009). “Prediction Model for Time
Contingency” Construction Research Congress (CRC), ASCE, Seattle, Washington USA, April
5-7.
[29] Fares, H. and Zayed, T. (2009). “Risk Assessment for Water Mains Using Fuzzy Approach,”
Construction Research Congress (CRC), ASCE, Seattle, Washington USA, April 5-7.
[30] Salman, A., Zayed, T., and Moselhi, O. (2009). “Reliability Assessment of Water Distribution
Network,” No-Dig Conference, NASTT, USA, Toronto, Canada, March 29- April 3.
[31] Salman, A., Zayed, T., and Moselhi, O. (2009). “Scheduling Model for Water Main
Rehabilitation,” No-Dig Conference, NASTT, USA, Toronto, Canada, March 29- April 3.
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[32] Fares, H., Elwakil, E., Zayed, T. Shahata, K. (2009). “Performance Assessment Methodology for
Sustainable Pavement Marking,” Trans. Res. Board (TRB), Washington, DC, January 11-15.
[33] Zayed, T. Youssef, A. and Ammar, M. (2008). “Infrastructure Budget Allocation Using
Stochastic Particle Swarm Optimization,” Al-Azhar Eng. 10th International Conf., Cairo, Egypt,
Dec. 24-26.
[34] Zayed, T. and Salman, A. (2008). “Environmental Impact Assessment of Water/Sewer
Rehabilitation Techniques,” 7th International Conference, Role of Engineering Towards a Better
Environment (RETBE), Alexandria University, Egypt, December 20-22.
[35] Khan, Z., Zayed, T. And Moselhi, O. (2008). “Assessing the Structural Condition of Sewer
Pipelines,” INFRA 2008, CERIU, Quebec City, QC, Canada, November 17-19.
[36] Shahata, K. and Zayed, T. (2008). “Life Cycle Costing of Water Mains Considering Uncertainty,”
INFRA 2008, CERIU, Quebec City, QC, Canada, November 17-19.
[37] Qasem, T., Zayed, T., and Chen, Z. (2008). “Towards Developing a Standard Condition Rating
System for Wastewater Treatment Plants,” INFRA 2008, Quebec City, Canada, November 17-19.
[38] Chughtai, F. and Zayed, T. (2008). “Clustered Models for the Integration of Sewer Condition
Classification Protocols,” Pipelines Conference, ASCE, Atlanta, Georgia, July 22-24.
[39] Fares, H. and Zayed, T. (2008). “Risk of Water Mains Failure Using Hierarchal Fuzzy Expert
System,” Construction Forum, CSCE Conference, Quebec city, QC, June 10-13, CT-624. Thesis
Competition. (This thesis won the 3rd place within theses submitted all over Canada).
[40] Mohamed, E. and Zayed, T. (2008). “Funding Infrastructure Renewal Plan For Water Distribution
System,” Construction Forum, CSCE Conf., Quebec city, QC, June 10-13, CT-267.
[41] Hijazi, W., Ghebeh, M, and Zayed, T. (2008). “VRML as an Effective Construction
Communication Technique,” Construction Forum, CSCE Conference, Quebec city, QC, June 1013, CT-634.
[42] Semaan, N. and Zayed, T. (2008). “An Infrastructure Condition Assessment Model,” CSCE
Conference, Quebec city, QC, June 10-13, GC-682.
[43] Farran, M. and Zayed, T. (2008). “Comparative Study of Life-Cycle Costing for Sustainable
Infrastructure Rehabilitation,” CSCE Conference, Quebec city, QC, June 10-13, GC-686.
[44] Rahman, S. and Zayed, T. (2008). “Performance Of Water Treatment Plant Elements,” World
Envir. & Water Resources Congress 2008, ASCE, May 12-16, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
[45] Shahata, K. and Zayed, T. (2008). “Life-Cycle Cost Based Rehab. Plan for Water Mains,” World
Envir. & Water Resources Congress 2008, ASCE, May 12-16, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
[46] Mohamed, E. and Zayed, T. (2008). “Fund Allocation Model for Replacement/ Rehabilitation of
Water Mains,” accepted at No-Dig Conference, North American Society for Trenchless
Technology (NASTT), Dallas, TX, April 27- May 2.
[47] Shahata, K., Fares, H., Zayed, T., Abdelrahman, M., Rahman, S., and Al-Barqawi, H. (2008).
“Practices of Sustainable Pavement Marking in Canada – A Synthesis,” Transportation Research
Board (TRB) conference, Washington, DC, USA, January 13-16.
[48] Shahata, K., Fares, H., Zayed, T., Abdelrahman, M., and Chughtai, F. (2008). “Condition Rating
Models for Sustainable Pavement Marking,” Transportation Research Board (TRB) conference,
Washington, DC, USA, January 13-16.
[49] Abdelrahman, M., Zayed, T., El-yamany, A. (2008). “A Rational Best-Value Model Based on
Expected Performance,” Transp. Research Board (TRB) conf., Washington, DC, USA, Jan 13-16.
[50] Zayed, T., Amer, M., Dubey, B.; and Gupta*, M. (2007). “A Productivity Model for Horizontal
Directional Drilling,” the 12th Inter. Colloquium on Structural and Geotechnical Eng. (12th
ICSGE), Cairo, Egypt, December 10-12.
[51] Rahman, S. and Zayed, T. (2007). “Condition Assessment of Water Treatment Plant Elements,” V
International Symposium on Environmental Hydrology & Regional Conference on Civil
Engineering Technology (ESIE & ASCE-EGS), September 3-5, Cairo, Egypt.
[52] Chughtai, F. and Zayed, T. (2007). “Structural Condition Model for Sewer Pipeline,” Pipelines
Conference, ASCE, Boston, Massachusetts, July 8-11.
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[53] Chughtai, F. and Zayed, T. (2007). “Sewer Pipeline Operational Condition Prediction using
Multiple Regression,” Pipelines Conference, ASCE, Boston, Massachusetts, July 8-11.
[54] Al-Issa, A. and Zayed, T. (2007). “Factors Affect Project Cash Flow,” Construction Research
Congress (CRC), ASCE, Grand Bahamas Island, May 6-8.
[55] Mohamed, E. and Zayed, T. (2007). “Automatic Climbing Form System Productivity Model,”
Construction Research Congress (CRC), ASCE, Grand Bahamas Island, May 6-8.
[56] Al-Barqawi, H. and Zayed, T. (2007). “Preliminary Assessment of Water Mains,” No-Dig Conf.,
North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT), San Diego, April 15-20.
[57] Basha, I., El-Yamany, A., and Zayed, T. (2007). “A Contractors Evaluating Model: An
International Case Study” Associated Schools of Construction (ASC), Proceedings of the 43rd
Annual International Conference, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, April 12-14.
[58] Zayed, T.; Minchin, R. Ed., and Amer, M. (2006). “Financial Risk Assessment for Highway
Bridges,” 6th international conference on: Role of Eng. Towards a Better Environment (RETBE),
Faculty of Eng., Alexandria University, December 16-18.
[59] Baciu, S, Zayed, T., Hammad, A. (2006). “CONSPACE Spatial Simulation Application,” Poster
in Winter Simulation Conference 2006, Monterey, CA, US, December 3-6.
[60] Farran, M. and Zayed, T. (2006). “Sustainable Infrastructure Management: Life Cycle Cost of
Metro Stations and Tunnels,” INFRA 2006, Quebec City, QC, Canada, November 20-22.
[61] Dubey, B.; Gupta, M.; and Zayed, T. (2006). “Deterministic Productivity Model for Horizontal
Directional Drilling,” INFRA 2006, Quebec City, QC, Canada, November 20-22.
[62] Baciu, S., Zayed, T., and Hammad, A. (2006). “Construction Space Simulation Application –
CSSA,” Huntsville Simulation Conference (HSC), Huntsville, Alabama, USA, October 17-19.
[63] Zhang, C.; Hammad, A.; Zayed, T.; and Wainer, G. (2006). “Simulation of the Re-Decking of
Jacques Cartier Bridge Considering Spatial Constraints,” 7th International Conf. on Short &
Medium Span Bridges, Montreal, QC, Canada, Aug. 23-25, NC-001.
[64] Al-Barqawi, H. and Zayed, T. (2006). “Condition of Sustainable Water Mains,” Proceeding of
Pipelines conference, ASCE, Chicago, IL, July 30 – August 02.
[65] Shahata, K. and Zayed, T. (2006). “Rehabilitation Scenarios for Sustainable Water Mains,”
Proceeding of Pipelines conference, ASCE, Chicago, IL, July 30 – August 02.
[66] Sharifi, M.; Baciu*, S.; and Zayed, T. (2006). “Simulation of QA/QC Impact on Onshore Jacket
Fabrication Productivity,” Proceeding of Joint International Conf. on Computing & Decision
Making in Civil and Building Eng., Montreal, QC, Canada, June 14-16.
[67] Zhang, C., Hammad, A., Zayed, T., and Wainer G. (2006). “Cell-based Representation and
Analysis of Spatial Resources in Construction Simulation,” Proceeding of the 1st International
Construction Specialty Conference, CSCE, Calgary, AB, Canada, May 23-25.
[68] Obeidat, A.; Al-Barqawi*, H.; and Zayed, T. (2006). “Prod. of Tunnel Constr. Using Road
Headers,” the 34th Canadian Society of Civil Eng., CSCE, Calgary, AB, Canada, May 23-25.
[69] Sharifi, M.; Baciu, S.; and Zayed, T. (2006). “Slip-form Productivity Analysis for Concrete
Silos,” the 34th Canadian Society of Civil Eng., CSCE, Calgary, AB, Canada, May 23-25.
[70] Al-Barqawi, H. and Zayed, T. (2006). “Condition Rating of Existing Water Mains,” 34th
Canadian Society of Civil Eng., CSCE, Calgary, AB, Canada, May 23-25, Thesis Competition.
(This thesis won the 2nd place within 27 theses submitted all over Canada).
[71] Shahata, K. and Zayed, T. (2006). “Stochastic Life Cycle Cost of Water Mains,” 34th Canadian
Society of Civil Eng., CSCE, Calgary, AB, Canada, May 23-25, Thesis Competition.
[72] Sharifi, M.; Baciu, S.; and Zayed, T. (2005). “Concrete Slip-Forming Productivity Analysis,” the
7th International Conference on Multi-purpose High-Rise Towers, Dubai, UAE, Dec. 10-11.
[73] Zhang, C.; Hammad, A.; and Zayed, T. (2005). “Representation and Analysis of Spatial
Resources in Constr. Simulation,” Winter Simulation Conf., Orlando, FL, Dec. 4-7.
[74] Al-Barqawi, H. and Zayed, T. (2005). “Underground Infrastructure Management -- Sustainable
Water Mains,” INFRA 2005, Montreal, QC, Canada, November 21-23.
[75] Zayed, T. and Pan, J. (2005). “Risk Assessment Model for Highway Construction Projects,” the
33rd Canadian Society of Civil Eng. Conf., CSCE, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 2-4, CT-157.
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[76] Zayed, T. and Kalavagunta, R. (2005). “Delays in Construction Industry,” Proceeding of the 33rd
Canadian Society of Civil Eng. Conf., CSCE, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 2-4, CT-152.
[77] Zayed, T. (2005). “Selecting Pile Construction Method Using Fuzzy Approach,” Proceeding of
the Construction Research Congress Conference, ASCE, San Diego, CA, USA, April 5-7.
[78] Zayed, T. and Nosair, I. (2004). “Prototype Cost Management Stochastic Models for Concrete
Batching Plant,” CIB World Building Congress Conf., Toronto, ON, Canada, May 2-7, # 842.
[79] Zayed, T. and Halpin, D., and Basha, I. (2004). “Assessment of Concrete Batch Plant
Productivity and Delays Using Artificial Neural Network Methodology,” Proceeding of the 32nd
Canadian Society for Civil Eng. (CSCE), Saskatoon, SK, Canada, June 2-5, GC-304.
[80] Zayed, T. and Halpin, D. (2002). “Deterministic Approach Application to Productivity
Assessment of Concrete Piles,” Proceeding of the 10th Inter. Symposium on the Org. and Mgmt of
Constr., CIB, Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, Sept. 9-13.
[81] Zayed, T. and Halpin, D. (2002). “Concrete Bored Pile Construction Productivity Assessment
Using Regression Analysis,” Proceeding of the 30th Canadian Society for Civil Eng. (CSCE)
Conf., Montreal, QC, Canada, June 5-8.
[82] Zayed, T. and Halpin, D. (2002). “Concrete Bored Piles Construction Productivity Index,”
Proceeding of the Construction in the 21st Century Conference, Miami, FL, USA, April 25–26.
[83] Zayed, T. and Halpin, D. (2001). “Simulation of Bored Piles Construction,” Proceeding of the
Winter Simulation Conf., Arlington, Virginia, USA, Dec 9-12, pp 1495-1503.
[84] Zayed, T. and Halpin, D. (2001).“Construction Productivity Assessment Using Artificial
Intelligence,” Proceeding of the 29th Canadian Society for Civil Eng. (CSCE) Conf., Victoria,
BC, Canada, May 30 – June 2, C55.
[85] Zayed, T. and Halpin, D. (2000). “Simulation as a Tool for Resource Management,” Proceeding
of the Winter Simulation Conf., Orlando, FL, USA, Dec 10-13, pp 1897-1906.
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