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• HANDBOOK – PRESERVATION OF WOODEN POLES CARRYING OVERHEAD TELECOMMUNICATION LINES – 2009
• FOREWORD
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• CHAPTER 1 – GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
  • 1.1 Purpose of this publication
  • 1.2 Basic concepts
    • 1.2.1 Regional character of preservation problems
    • 1.2.2 Species used for poles
    • 1.2.3 Destructive agents
    • 1.2.4 Climatic conditions
    • 1.2.5 Customers of the wood-preserving industry
    • 1.2.6 Statistics and controls
• CHAPTER 2 – PRESERVATION OF POLES
  • 2.1 Length of life of impregnated poles
  • 2.2 Practices and experience in various countries
    • 2.2.1 Additional remarks on Table 1
• CHAPTER 3 – PRESERVING SUBSTANCES
  • 3.1 Types of preservative and general remarks
  • 3.2 Oily preservatives
    • 3.2.1 Creosotes
    • 3.2.2 Reinforced creosote
  • 3.3 Single water-borne substances
    • 3.3.1 Copper sulphate
  • 3.4 Combinations of water-borne substances
• CHAPTER 4 –PRESERVATION PROCESSES
  • 4.1 General
  • 4.2 Methods of treatment
    • 4.2.1 Vacuum-pressure processes
  • 4.3 Diffusion processes
• ANNEX A – Chief water-borne copper-mixture preservatives used to impregnate poles
• ANNEX B – Organizations carrying out research and tests on pole preservation
• ANNEX C – Questionnaire on impregnation of wooden poles
• Bibliography