"TheScullster" wrote in message
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I was hoping to size the beam myself and run the ideas past the building
control structural engineer.
I have a HNC in civil/structural engineering, but as my questions make
clear, there is no practical experience to support this.

Just what 'bits of paper' do BCOs expect/demand from the
Structural Engineer's Calc's? Is it sufficient to determine
maximum load deflection appropriate selection (from finite range?);
or does the BCO expect a 'member of the beam-selecting club' certificate?

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Brian