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They had considered one internal wall which is directly in line with the goal post when calculating the wind load. Which reduced the load by 23%. Should they have been able to take benefit from the other walls which are parallel to the beam too? This is the connection design:

Thanks very much for the input. I challenged the SEs, to which they replied: "I understand the big beam queries; this is quite an unusual section we use. We were surprised, as you were, but we have a big house here with the load area not only from the main house but also a big wind area to...

I feel like it is unnecessarily large too. Do you have an example of the joint used to achieve the stiffness please? I want to go back to the SE with a suggestion as they didn’t seem overly excited about changing the design when I first challenged it.

I did challenge the SE about the size of the beam as it is enormous! Their response was: "The reason for such a big beam here is the fact that we have a goal-post frame here to provide proper global stability of the building. The beam section is so big to have a stiff connection between the beam...

Hi All, I'm planning on opening up the rear of my house and could do with a little advice; I'm exhausting the internet and youtube. The Structural Engineer has specified a 305x305x118 6.5m long beam bolted to the sides of two 203x203x46 columns (B6, C1 LHS and C1 RHS). The columns are to...