BUILDING COMPANY Remembering the past while building the future A Lehi commercial construction company has recently used its expertise to help its hometown and a neighboring community prepare for the future while remembering the past. SIRQ Construction, located at 3900 N. Traverse Mountain Blvd. in Lehi, completed construction of the new Saratoga Springs Public Safety Building in the fall of 2019. It then followed up that project by constructing Lehi’s new Joseph D. Adams Public Safety Building, which was completed in the fall of 2020. While both buildings were designed to meet their communities’ need for emergency response for decades into the future, they will also stand as a tribute to the history and founders of Saratoga Springs and Lehi cities. The architecture of the Saratoga Springs Public Safety Building recalls the design of a former resort in the area that was built on the shore of Utah Lake utilizing natural hot springs. Visitors enjoyed swimming as well as midway rides and boating. The new Lehi Public Safety Building was constructed to resemble a downtown streetscape with multiple building facades, including a re-creation of the exterior of Broadbent’s General Store. The store closed in 2017 after being in business for 135 years. The city
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purchased the property and determined it was a good location for a new police facility. The Broadbent building was determined to be structurally insufficient and was torn down along with some neighboring homes to make way for the new public safety building. However, the re-creation of the Broadbent building’s exterior in the new building’s architecture recalls its historical importance to the Lehi community. The public safety building also houses the Broadbent Community Room, which incorporates bricks from the original Broadbent building and will host police training, emergency operations and community events. Ryan Hunter, business development officer for SIRQ Construction, said his business does a lot of public construction projects, but creating something that serves the future while honoring the past is especially rewarding. “Both communities have seen tremendous growth since the days of the Saratoga resort and the Broadbent building, and yet their residents don’t want to lose those roots, and that’s what makes those communities so great,” Hunter said. “This desire to recognize those who made these communities what they are is to be commended.”
