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Datum Monitors €3.5m Cork’s Kent Station Entrance And Subway Project

DATUM Monitoring Ireland in Moira, Co Down, is managing monitoring works at the primary train station in Cork to ensure ongoing construction works adjacent to Kent Station will not affect the stability of the city’s superstructure or railway lines.The ongoing €3.5million project at Kent Station by Iarnród Éireann (Irish rail IR) will see the construction of two new entrance buildings and a new bi-directional road linking Railway Street, Alfred Street and Horgan’s Quay.Datum Monitoring Ireland, which offers a comprehensive range of geotechnical and structural expertise specialising in remote monitoring of earthworks, structures and transport infrastructure, has been appointed by Dublin based construction group – SIAC Ltd.SIAC Ltd, which is currently constructing a new building entrance and subway, appointed Datum Monitoring Ireland to install extensive remote monitoring sensors.Mark Hodgen said Datum’s specialists are delighted to be working on the project with SIAC Ltd.