Thanks everybody! Lots of great info!
I still need to get dimensions, sizes, etc on the existing framing, but I can see some combination of these ideas working for me.
Is the existing beam continuous over the column being removed?
Exising beams are simple span
Are you trying to get the existing beam to work compositely with the new?
No - just figuring existing beams as dead load for now, but will analyze further to check assumptions and look for unexpected...
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