RLB CRANE INDEX®

317
0 (0%)

Adelaide’s RLB Crane Index® was stable at 317 index points, representing a total of 19 cranes across the city.

Q1 2025

RLB CRANE INDEX®

ADELAIDE

Q1 2025

Highlights

The number of cranes operating in Adelaide has remained steady since the last count. A total of ten cranes were removed and ten were erected on new projects commencing construction.

Cranes were added at the following projects:

Commercial

  • 21-25 Gray Street (Adelaide)
  • Modbury Hospital Carpark (Modbury)

Health

  • Women’s & Children’s Hospital (Adelaide)

Hotel

  • Little National Hotel (Adelaide)

Mixed Use

  • Lot 6003 Bowden (Bowden)

Residential

  • Junction Housing Tonsley (Tonsley Park)
  • Hungarian Club of SA (Norwood)
  • Uniting on Second (Bowden)
  • Monde Apartments (Kent Town)

Cranes were removed from developments at:

  • Eighty-Eight O’Connell  (North Adelaide, Residential)
  • Burnside Village (Glenside, Retail)
  • The Cullinan (Adelaide, Residential)
  • ORTA on the Parade (Norwood, Residential)
  • YWCA (Adelaide, Residential)
  • Eastwood Hospital (Fullarton, Health)
  • Bolivar Water Works (Bolivar, Commercial)
  • The Harrington (Prospect, Residential)
  • 50 Franklin Street (Adelaide, Commercial)

The residential sector leads with nine cranes, followed by the commercial sector with six cranes, and the health sector with two cranes.

Q1 2025

Summary

Region Change
ADELAIDE 0
Sector Change
AGED CARE N/A
CIVIC N/A
CIVIL N/A
COMMERCIAL 0
DATA CENTRES N/A
EDUCATION N/A
HEALTH 1
HOTEL 1
MIXED USE 1
RECREATION N/A
RESIDENTIAL -1
RETAIL -2
Increase in number of cranes
Decrease in number of cranes
Crane numbers steady

Q1 2025

Crane Activity

By Region

OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON

OPENING COUNT MOVEMENT CLOSING COUNT
Q3 2024 % NET Q1 2025 %
ADELAIDE 19 2.2% 10 -10 0 19 2.3%

By Sector

OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON

OPENING COUNT MOVEMENT CLOSING COUNT
Q3 2024 % NET Q1 2025 %
AGED CARE 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
CIVIC 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
CIVIL 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
COMMERCIAL 6 31.6% 2 -2 0 6 31.6%
DATA CENTRES 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
EDUCATION 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
HEALTH 1 5.3% 2 -1 1 2 10.5%
HOTEL 0 0.0% 1 0 1 1 5.3%
MIXED USE 0 0.0% 1 0 1 1 5.3%
RECREATION 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
RESIDENTIAL 10 52.6% 4 -5 -1 9 47.4%
RETAIL 2 10.5% 0 -2 -2 0 0.0%
TOTAL 19 2.2% 10 -10 0 19 2.3%