Meets or exceeds CCMC requirements for a Type 2 Adjustable Steel column and may be used to support carports roofs and beams carrying not more than two wood frame floors where the length of the joists carried by such beams does not exceed 16 feet and the live load on any floor does not exceed 50 pounds per square foot. May also be used on projects exceeding the prescriptive requirments where a professional engineer is directly involved and the factored resistance requirments are met.