Established as the Certificate of Merit Award in 1984 and renamed for Leslie D. Martin in 2006, this award recognizes a PCI-published document judged to be technically outstanding and most worthy of special commendation for its merit as a contribution to the advancement of precast concrete.

• There is annual consideration, with the award presented only when a truly outstanding technical document is published.
• Competition is open to all PCI committees, teams, or subcommittees publishing a technical document in one of the four categories:
• State-of-the-art reports;
• Recommended practices;
• Specifications or standards; or
• Other technical reports or publications.
• Documents may cover topics of research, development, design, construction, production, or erection.

For more information or consideration, contact technical@pci.org.