New constructions decreased 10.5% year-on-year in 2013, but capital and maintenance works rose 30% and 12%, respectively.
The data are adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors.
By destination, construction of residential buildings increased 2.6% on the year in 2013, but non-residential buildings and engineering works fell 5% and 1.9%, respectively.
In unadjusted data, construction works inched down 0.6% on the year in 2013, the data showed.