Crane Counter: CBD 8 | Metro 8 | Total 16

[[Shuz]]

My partner suposedly spotted three trucks of 'crane' pieces driving through the city towards Adelaide University area. I only saw one myself.
Is a crane going up at the site of the Union Hall redevelopment?

[Ben]

Yeh I would think it would be. The uni have not been as "on the ball" with this one compared to innova21. There are no webcams, updates etc..

[metro]

the green crane base has been at the uni for a couple of weeks now i think, and you can get a pretty good view of the site from the innova building.

maybe the crane will be going up soon

[Ben]

The tower crane for Illumin8 was being erected today with the cab, A-frame and boom being lifted into place this afternoon.

[Ben]

Back up to 7 now illumin8 is up.

Latest update

Location........................................Levels............Crane

Completed 2011

Yorke Campus (Police Headquarters).................10
58-76 Franklin Street (Carpark)............................10
Women's and Children's Hospital Children's.............6 (3 existing + 3 new)


Under Construction

City Central 8................................................21.....................................2
Rundle Plaza Arcade.......................................19
58-76 Franklin Street (Office)...........................19
58-76 Franklin Street (Apartments)...................16
102 Waymouth St ..........................................16.....................................1
Globe Apartments..........................................15.....................................1
12-14 Rowlands Place......................................15
42 - 56 Franklin St (Carpark).............................8
74 Light Square..............................................8
Medical Reasearch Institute - North Terrace......6.....................................2
Illumin8..........................................................6.....................................1

TOTAL CBD CRANES:........................................7


October 2011

115 King William St ......................................25
176-186 Morphett Street .............................16
111-115 South Terrace .................................9
UNI SA Hindley Street...................................8
Convention Centre Redevelopment - Stage 1


November

66 Currie Street ........................................22


Approved/Proposed Upcoming

20 -22 Currie Street (ONH)............................31 (124m)
2-20 Flinders Street.....................................27 (100m)
64-68 Hindley St..........................................23
51 Pirie Street ...........................................22 (98m)
123 Flinders Street (PRO)..............................22
The Precinct Tower 2 .................................18
The Precinct Tower 3 .................................18
The Precinct Tower 4 .................................18
The Precinct Tower 5 .................................18
42 - 56 Franklin St (Office)............................17
152-160 Grote Street (PRO)............................16
399 King William Street (PRO).........................15
Aurora Building West..................................15
160 Pulteney Street (PRO)..............................15
71 - 83 Franklin St......................................13
377 - 379 King William St (PRO).....................13
102-120 Wakefield Street (Office).....................12
302-306 Waymouth St (PRO)............................12
10 Andrew St.............................................11
Yorke Campus Buliding 3.............................10
Yorke Campus Buliding 2.............................10
Liverpool St (City West apartments).................9
Freedom Apartments T1...............................10
Freedom Apartments T2...............................8
Freedom Apartments T3...............................8
The Precinct (Loft)......................................7
Imagine 88 - O'Connell St...............................6


Completed 2008

Spark Hindley Street..................................15
Lot 8 Coglin St...........................................13
SA Water..................................................11
Tivoli.......................................................10
IPAD..........................................................9
Thompson Playford Gouger St........................8
The Precinct (Gallery).................................7


Completed 2009

Conservatory on Hindmarsh.........................18
The Precinct Tower 1 (Altitude)....................18
20 Hindmarsh Square (Apartment).................15
Aurora Building East ...................................14
Wave KW Street.........................................12
Edge KW Street..........................................11
374 - 400 King William St ..............................11
Adelaide Uni Engeneering Building..................8


Completed 2010

140 North Terrace ....................................20/18
20 Hindmarsh Square (Hotel)........................16
235 - 237 Pirie St (Freedom Apartments)........8
Ifould st Apartments...................................8

[iTouch]

2 cranes have been put up over the Adelaide Aquatic Centre Renovation

[Ben]

2 cranes have been put up over the Adelaide Aquatic Centre Renovation

Are they mobile ones or actual proper cranes?

[iTouch]

they looked proper from a distance but I was taking the ring-route.

[jk1237]

its always interesting when you travel overseas you realise our city is not bad at all, and quite buzzing along with construction. And very beautiful too. For a fairly large city like Montreal, there is next to no new buildings under construction, and hardly any cranes. Same in Edmonton and Winnipeg. A little bit going on in Vancouver, seems all construction is in Toronto only. Its fascinating that all non-Quebec Canadians blame Montreals stagnation on its pro French separatism that drove hundreds of English speaking companies and thousands of jobs to Toronto over the past 2 decades. The amount of street beggars in Montreal is incredible, grand old buildings though

[believesinadsy]

previous comment. intersting to read as i have also just been to montreal too. saw quite a bit of construction in one patch outside the city but your right not much elsewhere. adelaide is a beautiful city when you compare it to others. you only have to go somewhere like jakarta to truly realise how good our lifestyle is. will be interesting how much more construction will occur over the coming years as investment picks up in the cbd

[Pikey]

The first crane base is now on the Rundle Place site. By the looks of them they will be electric cranes, and if there are three on site, i'd dare say they'll be luffers.

[[Shuz]]

What's the difference between an electric crane and a normal one?

[metro]

electric cranes are quiet, diesel ones are loud and even louder when they start moving.

[skyliner]

And what is a luffer

ADELAIDE- TOWARDS A GREATER CITY SKYLINE

[Pikey]

A luffing crane can raise and lower it's boom, as opposed to a fixed, Hammerhead style crane.

The Globe apartments crane is an electronic luffing crane, for example.