An aluminium lighting column includes an access opening and an external strengthening clamp which is dimensioned to extend around and encircle the column with its internal face in close contact with the opposed face of the column and includes a side opening 14 which is dimensioned and positioned to at least partially overlie the access opening of the column. The clamp comprises a plurality of separable arcuate segments 1a, 1b and means for assembling these segments into a circular array for location about the outer face of the column.
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