New Metal Beam Safe?

I would value your opinion on whether the new metal beam
which some builders put into my kitchen today is safe.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2cmsvvd&s=4

I'm no expert but it looks a foot too short to me,
and I fear that because it is on one end of a concrete block
it put a huge cracking force on the right of the block
and crack the block...

It is old soft brick with lime mortar underneath,
which i fear will compress over the coming decades
more under the right of the block than under the left.

Should I let them continue to brick it in on Monday,
or ask them to check the forces or what?

thanks, George

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