Nauset Construction recently broke ground on the $5 million addition and renovation of the Lighthouse Nursing Care Center in Revere.

Work on the facility, which is owned by Lighthouse of Revere Inc. and affiliated with the Atlanta-based Guardian Foundation, will include a three-story 17,000-square-foot addition and the renovation of an additional 10,000 square feet of existing space.

The project will provide 12 new short-term rehabilitation beds as well as medical office and clinical space and nursing stations. A three-season wraparound porch for all three floors of the building will also be added to the facility. New amenities include a 2,700-square-foot rehabilitation gym.

The three-story addition will be built using steel frame construction with a slab-on-grade and slab-on-deck base, and an existing stairway will be removed and underpinned to make room for a holeless hydraulic elevator. Topping off the building envelope will be a TPO roofing system. Interior construction includes acoustical ceiling panels and vinyl tile and plank flooring.

The project architect is Boston-based The Architectural Team, which designed extensive renovations for the facility in 1995.