Thanks for the replies. I agree that the weld could cause some problems, and we will have to look into this a little further.
And, reinforcing only a portion of the column still casues problems, as many of the supportted beams do not provide adequate lateral resistance to act as a brace point...
See attached sketch for planned reinforcement (Existing W-shape with 4 angles)
We are reinforcing some steel columns to increase their weak axis buckling resistance. There is currently alot of existing beams that are connected into the W-shape column, so rather than having to cut back all the...
