I will get a PE to sign off on the design, but I am trying to do the leg work here.
Right now I am looking at using a W8x24 with a large base plate to spread the load. It will be mounted on the floor with 4 anchor bolts and be welded to the underside of the beam seat.
So to sum it up, consensus is strengthening building columns without a full building load analysis is indefensible and equates to doing a rain dance? Yet, adding columns is perfectly acceptable? I find this to be a little contradictory because adding columns just adds marginal strength in the...
I am trying to strengthen the building columns of a metal fabrication shop. There is a 10 ton overhead crane, and I am adding two more 15 ton overhead cranes. The runway beams are good if I keep hook centers 15' apart with bumpers. I just need to reinforce the columns.
The building is a...
