RLB CRANE INDEX®

Of the five cranes that were recorded in our last report, two cranes were removed from:

• Baypark/Bayfair Link (civil) at Mount Maunganui
• Winstone Wallboards (commercial) at Omanawa

Three cranes remain at:

• Farmers (mixed use), 38 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga
• Tauranga Northern Link (civil), 60 Minden Road, Te Puna
• Papmoa College (education), 151 Doncaster Drive, Papamoa Beach

One new commercial crane was positioned on the Tauranga City Council Office project in Devenport Street.

Building consents for the Bay of Plenty region fell 11.8% for the twelve months to June 2023. Residential consents fell by 15.9% to $1.0b. Non-Residential consents fell by 1.9% for the twelve months. Within the non-residential sector, the hospitals, nursing homes, and other sector grew by 247% to record $99m for the year, and the office sector grew by 140.2% to $77m, offsetting the lower consent values in most other sectors.