Jack wrote:
Watching the new Adam Corolla's new comedy hour on remodeling his investment
property last night, one of his contractors cut a major structural beam
short by something like 3' at one end. Adam came up with the idea to
sandwich the beam with two pieces of what look like 3/4" plywood and nails
as a fix. I think the inspector is going to flag this. What would be a real
fix other than getting another beam?

Depending on how big the beam is and what the loads are,
through-bolting steel plates on either side of the beam.

R