Mentorship Turned
Partnership Idaho National Laboratory awarded construction projects to ESTECH
By Cindy Chan
Above: SPL is located on INL’s desert Site, at the Materials & Fuels Complex.
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The concrete pour for SPL was one of the largest undertaken at INL since the 1980s.
18 BUILDING IDAHO • 2021 FALL/WINTER
ver the last several years, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has experienced quite a bit of growth. There has been growth in the number of people they’re hiring, growth in the number of facilities they’re building, and growth in the number of renovations of existing facilities. While it has been an exciting time for INL, it has also created some challenges. According to Amy Lientz, director of supply chain energy programs at INL, things don’t seem to be slowing down any time soon, which is why they need a good subcontracting community with which to partner and do good work. Lientz says they have since put more effort into supply chain initiatives, collaborating with Stacey Francis, small business program manager. “There are opportunities available for small businesses to do work at INL,” Lientz says. “There are often businesses that are looking at what we’re
