RLB CRANE INDEX®

Cranes were added at the following projects:

Residential projects

• Student Housing (Wellington Street)
• Common Ground Housing (East Perth)
• Victoria Sreet (Midland)
• Olive Street Apartments (Subiaco)
• Marine Parade Apartments (Cottesloe)
• Eclat Apartments (West Perth)
• Zera Nedlands (Nedlands)
• Lucida Apartments (Como)
• Oasis Apartments (Mount Pleasant)
• Modele Apartments (Como)

Non-Residential projects

• Nine the Esplanade (Perth, commercial)
• Reid Library (Crawley, education)
• Joondalup Storage (Joondalup, commercial)
• Woolstores Shopping Centre (Fremantle, mixed use)
• Dorsett Hotel (Perth, hotel)
• Kalamunda Senior High School (Kalamunda, education)
• Melvista Aged Care (Nedlands, aged care)

Twenty-two cranes were removed from projects in: Perth CBD, South Perth, Shenton Park, Claremont, Dalkeith, Mosman Park, Dalkeith, Karrinyup, Burswood, Scarborough, Applecross, Fremantle, Nedlands, Jolimont, Armadale and Northbridge.

Western Australia’s residential sector saw a 9.0% increase in the preliminary value of work done in the 2023 calendar year, compared to the previous year. The apartment sector increased by 15.0%, while houses grew by 8.8%. The non-residential sector grew to $5.4bn worth of work done, an increase of 12.2% over the $4.8bn recorded in 2022. Preliminary engineering activity rose by 17.6% for the year. Overall, preliminary activity rose by 15.0% (or $4.8bn) for the calendar year.