Reposition and adding new support poles

One needs to know what is being supported by the beam and column arrangement. I suggest a structural engineer. The fee would be cheap insurance. TB

You need an engineer to answer that. He must know the beam size and the load it is supporting. You don't give any of that information so anyone here would just be guessing.

Or, I'd opt to make the problem pole a feature of the room somehow with some out-of-box thinking to work it into the overall. Perfection sometimes requires concessions in favor of function. I saw a house in Chgo once with a SLATE pool table that had a "pole" through it, right dead center. A newer game of pool, but fun none the less.

HTH,

Pop

You may need no supports or you may need more, only an engineer or architect can say. I sized a steel beam replacement that allowerd the removal of 3 supports, one every 8 feet. Go with less only if you take exact spot measurements of floor to ceiling on every floor and monitor it for a year or more and every year to see if settling occurs, enginers-architects will over size you to not be liable. You might be oversized but who knows.

"Go with less only if you take exact spot measurements of floor to ceiling on every floor and monitor it for a year or more and every year to see if settling occurs, enginers-architects will over size you to not be liable. You might be oversized but who knows. "

That's real reassuring!