CONTENTS

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions 
        3.1     Terms defined in this Recommendation              
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms              
 5     Conventions             
 6     Management of poles carrying overhead telecommunication lines      
        6.1     Overview of wooden poles management           
        6.2     Wooden poles inspection         
        6.3     Integrity testing for concrete telecommunication pole foundation           
Appendix I – The Spanish experience with poles management    
        I.1                 Poles used for telecommunications in Spain          
        I.2                 Agents and circumstances of biological destructions          
        I.3                 Aspect of attacked wood             
Appendix II – The Korean experience for identifying concrete pole's foundation    
       II.1     Testing program           
       II.2     The first peak resonance frequencies    
       II.3 Discussions     
Bibliography