Adelaide’s skyline is accentuated with a record number of tower cranes, with important housing and commercial projects taking shape across the city.

The Q1 2025 RLB Crane Index shows there’s 19 tower cranes currently in operation across Adelaide, with nine cranes for residential projects, six for commercial, two for health builds, with one for a hotel and another for a mixed-use site at Bowden.

The half-yearly Crane Index shows Adelaide’s activation is almost twice as high now as it was during 2020 and 2021.

New cranes were added to housing projects supported by the State Government, including the Junction Housing development at Tonsley, as well as Uniting on Second and Lot 6003 at Bowden.

Cranes were also added to the new Women’s & Children’s Hospital site and Modbury Hospital Carpark build.

The large number of cranes correlates with national construction activity. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, construction activity across Australia increased by 2.7 per cent with residential activity also up by 2.7 per cent.

One of the cranes currently in operation is helping construct the East Rundle development in Kent Town.

The 6-storey housing development has celebrated its topping-out, with the structural phase now complete on the 47-apartment development being delivered by Palumbo.

Even more cranes will be spotted across the city over the near future, with important developments to get underway at places like Prospect, Seaton, Lot Fourteen and Festival Plaza.