The european GIGA project

The demand for natural gas is growing steadily satisfying it requires the development of safe, well-controlled and reliable gas network at minimal cost. Further, the worldwide demand for telecommunication links is increasing at a remarkable pace and this has generated a need for new installations, especially for connections to ISDN services, cable TV, etc. Digging, however, without reliable information on existing utilities and the local geology, can be problematic, even dangerous. Instances of damage to buried plant would be reduced by the use of reliable location techniques. The GIGA project is a European Commission funded collaborative research study, which aims to inform and enable the design and build of a new and reliable Ground Penetrating Radar. The project involves end-users and GPR suppliers and combines bottom-up and top-down approaches to innovative GPR research.