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Q1 2025 NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON
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RLB CRANE INDEX®

89
+55 (58.9%)

There are now eight long-term cranes on projects in the Wellington region, up from five cranes in the previous edition of the index.

Q1 2025

RLB CRANE INDEX®

WELLINGTON

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Q1 2025

Highlights

Wellington’s RLB Crane Index® value rose from 56 points in the last edition to 89 index points.

New civil long-term cranes were placed on-site at the Wellington Waterfront, and on the harbour edge remediation project which is strengthening the existing seawall to Petone.  Two commercial cranes were placed at the Parliament project, and at ESR Sequencing Lab in Kenepuru Drive.

One long-term crane was removed from Southern Cross Hospital

Overall building work put in place in the Wellington region decreased by 1.6% in the 2024 calendar year, falling to $1.9b. Residential activity fell by 20.5% and non-residential rose by 9.5%.

Building consents also fell by 11.2% for the year. Residential consents fell by 22.7% and non-residential rose by 7.6%.

Q1 2025

Summary

Region Change
WELLINGTON 3
Sector Change
AGED CARE N/A
CIVIC N/A
CIVIL 2
COMMERCIAL 2
DATA CENTRES N/A
EDUCATION 0
HEALTH -1
HOTEL N/A
MIXED USE N/A
RECREATION N/A
RESIDENTIAL N/A
RETAIL N/A
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 %
WELLINGTON 5 4.0% 4 -1 3 8 7.6%

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% 2 0 2 2 25.0%
COMMERCIAL 3 60.0% 2 0 2 5 62.5%
DATA CENTRES 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
EDUCATION 1 20.0% 0 0 0 1 12.5%
HEALTH 1 20.0% 0 -1 -1 0 0.0%
HOTEL 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
MIXED USE 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
RECREATION 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
RESIDENTIAL 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
RETAIL 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
TOTAL 5 4.0% 4 -1 3 8 7.6%

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