What Rick B. stated is the way to handle it. Do not get into the business of re-designing for the architect. If you have a question about the use and location, ask for the building plans and see if they were designed to be at that location, or not.

By the way, this is called a let-in brace.

Richard

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"If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?"
Richard Rushing, HCRI
Duncanville, Tx.