So which one of the numerous methods and then interperations would you make mandatory for this???

Think you could get agreement amongst the comitee members on your favorite method??? (Get 40 friends together and try to get them to agree on something simple for instance say the best beer)

The openess of the codes are sometimes more help than people realize.

Have you used the CAESAR II trunion module and tried building the trunions into your beam element module??