Identifying column marks on engineered drawing

[Zoobie777]

I'm working on a floor and roof design for a 6-plex. The structural drawings are well laid out and there are good schedules for all the wooden beams,columns,joists,etc. However, there are a bunch of columns that are identified as either SC, S2C, S3C, 2S2C, or 2S3C. I am presuming these are steel. Does anyone know what sizes these might be? The wood ones are easy...C34 is a 3-ply 2x4...C46 is a 4-ply 2x6.

I tried the almighty google but got nothing.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

 

[hokie66]

Those marks are no help without a legend or column schedule. They could be anything. Suggest you ask the designer for help.

 

[dik]

Is it identified in a schedule? or are they marked up on plan. In earlier days, on the plan I would denote a column, say C1 as a W8x31, 1/2"x10"x10" B.Pl, 2 - 3/4" dia A.B, as Typ C1. Every other place on the plan where this column occurred would be denoted as C1 only. Is it noted somewhere on one of the plans?

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[Zoobie777]

It helps if you read the fine print. Found a note that explains it all. 2S2C means two studs and 2 cripples...that's a lot more detail than we normally get for window headers.