The question has recently been raised at my company if the way that we are running our analyses using Staad Pro V8i is compliant with the AISC 14th Chapter C requirements for stability. Just to give a little background, I work for a company that designs and builds low occupancy industrial...
I'm working on a project right now where part of our scope of work requires us to come up with a design to reinforce a W14X550 (Grade A36). The column is a bit overloaded due to some retrofits so I've been trying to come up with a couple of different options to boost the capacity. A couple of...
