Parallel processing has provided viable solution to many computational intensive numerical problems of science and engineering. Multiprocessor machines, consisting of hundreds to thousands processing elements interconnected and cooperating with each other for solving complex problems, are developed by number of countries. Efforts are still in progress to develop hardware, software, and computational tools for availing better computational power at lower cost. Generally various research organizations can access these facilities for developing their applications, but not many scientists and engineers can utilize these facilities due to number of complexities. The present study highlights the parallel and distributed processing in structural engineering and its applications.