This particular wind girt may not need to be reinforced but there are similar girts with the brace located near the center of the span that will need to be reinforced.
The vertical brace is designed for tension and compression. The specified brace section is actually a HSS 152x152x6.4. I...
I have a HSS 203x203x9.5 wind girt with a HSS 89x89x9.5 vertical brace running through the wind girt. The center line of the brace is offset from the wind girt (see sketch). My plan is to have the HSS89x89x9.5 fabricated approximately 600 long with end plates welded on each end to splice the...