Supplier · Manufacturing & Industrial, Construction, Transport & Logistics

Universal Cranes

Won in the last 12 months$1.0M▲ 162% on the year beforeValue won per quarter, last three years
Contracts on record59$8.4M in total
Running now0Latest win Sept 2026
Next contract endingDec 2026$86K · Department of Defence
Biggest buyerQueensland Rail81% of their value
8contractssince 2021
$459Kwon in totallatest July 2026
$86Ktypical contractmost $22K to $86K
$257Klast 12 monthsup from $122K
1active now1 ends within a year
Biggest buyerDepartment of Defence4 contracts · $379K · 83% of value

What they do

Universal Cranes supplies crane hire and construction machinery, along with building, construction and maintenance services.

Who buys from them

Its buyers are the Department of Defence, with 4 contracts worth $379K, and Seqwater, with 4 contracts worth $80K.

Queensland RailTransport and Main RoadsDepartment of DefenceSeqwaterErgon Energy
Built from awarded contracts on record

What they win

How much they win each year, the size of a typical contract, and every contract on record.

Contract history

Installation of Steel Girders for Transport and Main RoadsInfrastructure$649K04/09/2026Crane Hire Provided to Department of DefenceConstruction$86K13/07/2026Crane Hire for Tanby Road Pedestrian Bridge by Transport and Main RoadsInfrastructure$46K22/04/2026Relocation of Two 17-Ton Generators by Universal CranesManufacturing & Industrial$17K16/04/2026Maintenance and Repair Equipment Contract Awarded to Universal Cranes by Queensland RailManufacturing & Industrial$14K09/03/2026Labour Contractor Services Awarded to Universal Cranes by Queensland RailManufacturing & Industrial$19K25/02/2026Crane Hire Provided to Department of DefenceConstruction$86K05/02/2026Supply of 40 Tonne Pick & Carry Crane by Universal Cranes to Department of Housing and Public WorksManufacturing & Industrial$12K12/01/2026Crane Hire provided to Department of Defence by UNIVERSAL CRANES (NTH QLD) PTY LTDConstruction$86K24/12/2025Removal and Transportation of Damaged Deck by Universal CranesTransport & Logistics$225K30/10/2025

Who they win it from

Their biggest government buyers and how much of their work each one is.

Most of their work comes from one buyer: Queensland Rail, 81% of value.

Queensland Rail$6.8M81%
Transport and Main Roads$920K11%
Department of Defence$420K5%
Seqwater$80K1%
Ergon Energy$60K1%
Other buyers$110K1%

Coming up

Contracts that end soon and may go back out to tender.

Contracts ending in the next three years1 contract · $86K
Today20282029

The next one ends December 2026 at Department of Defence.

Recompete radar

1 expiring in 12mo

Contracts nearing the end of their term. Some may go back out to tender when they expire.

Crane Hire Provided to Department of Defence
Expires in 2mo$86K
Department of Defence

About them

Company details, where they work and the names they trade under.

Also traded asUniversal Cranes, UNIVERSAL CRANES, UNIVERSAL CRANES (NTH QLD) PTY LTD, UNIVERSAL CRANES PL, Universal Cranes Pty Ltd, UNIVERSAL CRANES PTY LTD, UNIVERSAL CRANES (SUNSHINE COAST) PTY LT

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