Despite the lockdowns, delays in material supply, increased shipping costs, and pressure on local labour resources due to the impacts of COVID-19, Auckland’s construction market has proved remarkedly resilient with the net addition of 18 construction cranes on projects over the past six months.
According to the recent release of the Q3 2021 RLB Crane Index®, New Zealand now has 144 long-term cranes on construction sites across the seven main centres, up from 136 in Q1 2021. The index has reaffirmed Auckland as the engine room of the country with 96 cranes. There were 16 in Wellington, 4 in Christchurch, 8 in Queenstown, 5 in Tauranga, 4 in Hamilton, and 1 in Dunedin.
