GCP, Quikrete Veteran Leads DOE-backed Cement and Concrete Center

ACCENT Center Executive Director Denise Antunes da Silva is part of the ORNL senior research & development team. She arrived after a 15-year tour with GCP Applied Technologies and the Quikrete Custom Building Products business.

In partnership with sister U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facilities, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has formally opened the Center of Excellence for Advancement and Acceleration of Cement and Concrete Engineering Technologies. Based at the ORNL campus in eastern Tennessee, the ACCENT Center will help strengthen the U.S. cement and concrete supply chain at a time of rising demand, increasing…

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