RLB CRANE INDEX®
The Wollongong and Shellharbour region recorded a rise in this edition of the RLB Crane Index®, from 61 to 83 index points.
Q1 2025
Highlights
The index value represents a total of 15 cranes across the region. Four cranes were removed from sites and eight cranes were added.
New cranes were erected at:
- Loft Collection/ Atchison & Kenny (Mixed Use / Other)
- 32-40 Flinders Street (Mixed Use / Other)
- 30 Bourke Street (Residential)
- Vela (Residential)
- 6-8 Dudley Street (Residential)
- 58 Smith Street (Residential)
- 25-27 Denison Street (Mixed Use / Other)
- Harbourside Apartments (Mixed Use / Other)
Cranes were removed from the following projects:
- 38 Stewart Street (Mixed Use / Other)
- Benetti/Crown Plaza Hotel (Mixed Use / Other)
- Indigo (Residential)
- 24 Harbour Street (Residential)
Q1 2025
Summary
| Region | Change | |
|---|---|---|
| WOLLONGONG | 4 | |
| Sector | Change | |
|---|---|---|
| AGED CARE | N/A | |
| CIVIC | N/A | |
| CIVIL | N/A | |
| COMMERCIAL | N/A | |
| DATA CENTRES | 0 | |
| EDUCATION | N/A | |
| HEALTH | N/A | |
| HOTEL | N/A | |
| MIXED USE | 2 | |
| RECREATION | N/A | |
| RESIDENTIAL | 2 | |
| RETAIL | N/A | |
Q1 2025
Crane Activity
By Region
OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON
| OPENING COUNT | MOVEMENT | CLOSING COUNT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | % | NET | Q1 2025 | % | |||
| WOLLONGONG | 11 | 1.3% | 8 | -4 | 4 | 15 | 1.8% |
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 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| DATA CENTRES | 1 | 9.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.7% |
| EDUCATION | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| HEALTH | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| HOTEL | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| MIXED USE | 6 | 54.5% | 4 | -2 | 2 | 8 | 53.3% |
| RECREATION | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| RESIDENTIAL | 4 | 36.4% | 4 | -2 | 2 | 6 | 40.0% |
| RETAIL | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| TOTAL | 11 | 1.3% | 8 | -4 | 4 | 15 | 1.8% |
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