topsisu: for the guardrail, I was toying with the idea of raising the HSS column height to the top-of-rail elevation, and cantilevering it from that. As the cantilever length is short (~2.5') I can't imagine it would be more cost-prohibitive than setting new columns.
BAretired: The tanks...
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I've done some structural work before, but nothing really unconventional. I've got a (slightly) oddball situation, and I'm curious about how it's normally handled. It's a catwalk for maintenance access to two FRP tanks. Due to space contraints and access requirements, they'd like the...