New construction GA, basement support posts.
Interested in some feedback please. Each post had a 2x4 at the base. I typically mark up any post shim. The 2x4 was cracked/damaged and had a beveled edge which will be reported. I am interested in any other concerns you all may have to be reported and why.
It will not properly be anchored to the floor .
Someone was trying to protect the columns from moisture by using a piece of PT under it. Not properly secured, but won’t go anywhere. A couple of angle clips would work to secure to floor. I don’t like where one of those column is either or where is the other to the right of the photo.
Thanks Marcel. What is your concern?
Observation.
A: Structural Wood columns poorly secured at the top and bottom. Location: Unfinished Basement.
B: Wood in direct contact with poured concrete.
C: Columns site on shims. Cracked damaged shims.
D: No visible footing.
Recommend: A licensed general contractor:
1: further evaluate and improve structural wood columns.
Act upon any recommendations offered.
Just my 2 cents.
Support posts were installed with the use of improper base connectors.
Simpson ABA44Z 4x4 Adjustable Post Base - Zmax Finish – Fasteners Plus
Are they finished framing?
It looks like they were going to frame that area for a room, where the 4X6 brown post is located, you can see the chalk line on the floor and the area where the bottom plate was cut out was going to be a doorway, possibly a pocket door or just an opening. You can also see where they have a 2X6 turned sideways towards the bottom of the stairs, for a wall coming from that direction, although it doesn’t appear to line up with the brown post.
Obviously, they would still have to install headers and whatnot ,but back when I was framing that was how we would do it, build the whole wall and go back and cut out the bottom plates where the doors were going. Not sure what they had planned for the 4X4 post.
Yes, completed. I did have a conversation with the subdivision supervisor and he stated the design plans called for these supports and that is all he had to offer.
Improper or inadequate are my exact thoughts. If we go down the code rabbit hole, all it states is that they must be “restrained to prevent lateral displacement”. The supervisor stated that it was the attachment to the floor that cracked the base. Sounds legit, if you slam a Hilti nail thru that small piece, of course it is going to split.
(good news, he stated he was willing to have a structural engineer do both a design plan review and on-site assessment at his cost.)
I found the load points to be suspect in general. I quickly found myself in “the mind of an engineer”.
Is it typical for a triple ply beam to be connected and supported by a perpendicular double ply beam? The supporting wall was approximately 1.5 feet away.
No, not at all, unless it was engineered that way, but I doubt it.
I did not see that awhile ago, I thought that the beam continued.
There should be a support column there or a perpendicular beam of adequate size to support the floor load.
I’ve seen this scenario at more than one build. The frequency of which has me questioning what I might be missing here. I’ve referred the problem each time but I do not know the results. Likely the builder just convinced the buyers it is ok 
