If the wall is block or stone 3 to 4 feet apart is a safer bet.
													
																	Steel beam on concrete wall. 
									
	
		
	
																	You can cut the steel on site with a cutting torch if need be but generally i measure first to find out what length i need then have the pieces cut for me at the steel yard. 
																	Steel beam and concrete walls 2 with the zehnder and the mitsubishi systems installed i had some time to kill waiting for the siding guys to start and for my first blower door test to take place so i moved on to painting my structural steel beam and the exposed concrete walls in the basement. 
																	Dressing up the basement. 
																	E steel beam connections to concrete core walls e steel beam connections to concrete columns e steel beam connections to masonry walls. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Steel beam reinforced concrete wall endplate moment connection cad dwg drawing detail of a steel beam connected on the side of rc shear load bearing wall cad dwg drawing detail of a steel beam to reinforced concrete wall endplate moment connection with top and bottom angle cleats.