@phamENG, thank you. I was curious about that as well. The bar joists do not bear on that beam (they run parallel to these shear walls, and bear on the perpendicular moment frames) and leaving the load on that beam minimal. Thank you for your input.
Is there a better option of framing the...
I am trying to design a steel framed building with moment frames in one direction, and cold-formed steel (CFS) shear walls in the other direction. The building has a tall parapet that wraps around the entire building. This is a single-story building. I am wanting the CFS shear walls to bypass...
