Khaled Mahmoud, PhD, PE, has over 20 years of experience in Bridge Engineering. He is the president of Bridge Technology Consulting & Engineering, based in New York City, USA. Khaled Mahmoud is the Editor-in-Chief of the journalBridge Structures' (Taylor & Francis) and has written and edited many papers, special journal issues and books, amongst othersAdvances in Cable-Stayed Bridges' (2006) andRecent Developments in Bridge Engineering (2003), published by Taylor & Francis.