INTRODUCTION

Public lighting poles are subject to corrosion phenomena which, if not monitored, can even lead to their sudden collapse. In order to cope with this problem, Public Administrators are required to evaluate and monitor the integrity conditions of such metallic poles by consulting third party specialized Companies. A joint venture between several companies has allowed to develop a complete procedure named GECOMET ®Smart Care System – GSCS (trademark Gecomet®). The GSCS System works with complex and flexible algorithms able to assess in real time the structural safety of every kind of lamppost from its parameters (geometry, materials) and environmental data (marine, urban etc.) graphically represented by the MECHANICAL STATE DIAGRAMS (MSD) of the lamppost. The GSCS experienced procedure is based on the flexible and focused choice of various techniques, according to the typology and environmental features. The complete procedure of GSCS includes six main modules: GSCS Manager, GSCS Mobile, GSCS Core, GSCS Database, GSCS Maps and GSCS Double-Shield. The procedure enables to foresee the remaining lifetime of each tested pole, or the need to further protect it from corrosion by using a specific anticorrosion system, the Double-Layer sheets cold applied tape . The GSCS procedure also allows to manage testing orders, send assignments and receive data from Operators, provide validation of these data from remote by experienced personnel, receive structural assessments in real time, store Data and produce reports, graphically representing lamp-post position on Google API, distinguish them with different colours according to their condition (verified, to be removed, to be verified) and produce historical records for each lamppost.