New constructions decreased 7.8% on the month in August, while maintenance and repair works were down 2.5%.
Capital repair works, however, rose 2.7% in August from the previous month.
The data are adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors.
On an annual basis, adjusted construction works advanced 6.8% in August, fueled by increase activity in all sectors.
Capital repair works were up 14.1% on the year, while maintenance works increased by 11%. New constructions rose 8.1% in August from the year-earlier month.
In January through August, Romanian construction works inched down 1.1% on the year, due to declines in the new constructions and maintenance works sectors.
In unadjusted data, construction works rose 0.6% on the month in August, and were up 6.3% compared with the same month of 2010.