$750K Donation to Expand Operations at KU Engineering’s National Center for Construction Safety
LAWRENCE — An anonymous donor has made a 10-year pledge to help fund ongoing operations at the Craig & Diane Martin National Center for Construction Safety at the University of Kansas School of Engineering.
The $75,000-a-year donation “will be primarily used to hire researchers, to support research and to conduct construction safety studies,” said Chien-Ho Ko, the center’s director and a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering. The money will also be used for organizing activities such as construction safety symposia and conferences.
The new pledge comes on top of the $3.5 million donation that Craig and Diane Martin made in 2018 to establish and endow the center. Craig Martin said he hopes the new donation attracts even more support to the center.