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Waqas, I will just add that for beam/ coulmns sizing its always a good idea to do a quick model and check all B/C Ratios in the beginning of the project. Also, construction guys are more used to beam size multiples of 3-probably because of formwork. So you may want to provide a beam width/ depth accordingly. Thanks.

SAFE takes all of the above consideration in its calculations. You can simply select appropriate column type if its not taking it automatically. You can assign the column as interior, corner or edge column. If you are specifying corner or edge column there are further four options to select which corner or edge.

Assalam-o-alaikum! Dear colleagues! While carrying out structural steel design according to AISC code, we need to specify materials to be used for construction of various structural elements, with reference to relevant ASTM standards. Which material we use, will depend upon loading conditions to be considered, structural framing system adopted and other structural design requirements. But the question is, are we specifying these structural steel materials correctly? The following article, published in Modern Steel Construction, throws light on this issue and helps us understand how to specify materials for structural steel design per AISC properly. http://msc.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2015/02/steelwise.pdf Regards.