Residential cranes accounted for much of Q1’s count, but in Q3 there were 13% fewer in the surveyed cities. Nonetheless, RLB said residential cranes saw continued consistent growth, along with mixed-use projects, which made up 49% and 23% of the count, respectively. Commercial cranes counted 12% of the total.
Boston saw the biggest percentage increase, up 122% as it leapt from nine to 20 cranes. Cities that saw drops include Los Angeles (-17), Denver (-12), Washington, D.C. (-8), San Francisco (-6), Chicago (-5), Las Vegas (-3), Honolulu (-2), New York City (-2) and Phoenix (-2).
