Stevens Construction Inc. has started construction on the Florida Hospital Heartland Division emergency room in Wauchula.

Designed by Burt Hill/Pollock Kreig Architects Inc., the 5,350-square-foot renovation will be completed in three phases while the hospital remains in operation. The project includes a pharmacy remodel, addition of a nurse’s station and the reconfiguration of the emergency and treatment rooms.

Terry Tjelmeland of Stevens Construction is the project manager, Mike Bussiere is the superintendent, and Jackie Barnett is the project administrator.

This is Stevens Construction’s eighth project for Florida Hospital. The company also built a 36-bed, 50,000-square-foot expansion and remodeled a free-standing medical office on the hospital’s Sebring campus.