Objective Soil contamination is an increasing worldwide problem, which poses severe threats to ecosystems and human health. Therefore, a lot of resources are used for investigating contaminated sites, limiting the damage from pollution and cleaning polluted soil and groundwater.The MICCS project (project no. 222204 co-funded by the EU through the 2007 Research for SME Call) has led to the development of an advanced in-situ soil investigation method for identifying and characterising pollution which is 30% faster and thus reduces the cost for site investigation by 20% compared with conventional methods. This has been achieved by integrating a novel drilling probe technology with dedicated selective and very sensitive volatile organic components sensors (Triple sensor system), combining this with improved ground penetrating radar methods (GPR).After successful completion of MICCS, the consortium is now faced by a number of remaining and real market barriers. The proposal in MICCS-DEMO is therefore to carry out a targeted full-scale demonstration of the MICCS technology. Additional measurements need to be performed under different conditions with regard to geography, geologies, and pollutants. The results obtained need to be compared with existing data obtained from representative samples analysed by conventional methods. The MICCS-DEMO demonstration is needed to ensure documentation and to gain regulatory acceptance of the new MICCS technology. This is a crucial demand from the end-users within the soil investigation and remediation industry, which otherwise are highly reluctant to introduce new equipment, in particular, due to the need for regulatory acceptance of the methods undertaken. Essentially, regulatory acceptance is a key market barrier to be overcome by the project, given the fact that regulators issue necessary site approvals, which are thus important for market uptake of the MICCS technology. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradarengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeology Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2012-3 - Demonstration activity Call for proposal FP7-SME-2012 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator DGE GROUP A/S Address Jelshoejvaenget 11 8270 Hoejbjerg Denmark See on map Region Danmark Midtjylland Østjylland Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jørgen Mølgaard Christensen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BIOREM aps Denmark EU contribution € 185 640,00 Address Hvedemarken 6 8520 Lystrup See on map Region Danmark Midtjylland Østjylland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Flemming Lau Jørgensen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data EIJKELKAMP SONICSAMPDRILL BV Netherlands EU contribution € 245 040,00 Address Uitmaat 8 6987 ER Giesbeek See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Fons Eijkelkamp (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UST UMWELTSENSORTECHNIK GMBH Germany EU contribution € 151 233,00 Address Dieselstrasse 2 98716 Geschwenda See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Matthias May (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUT Denmark EU contribution € 108 150,00 Address Gregersensvej 1 2630 Taastrup See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Københavns omegn Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Bjørn Malmgren-Hansen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
