Capital repair works decreased 19.6% on the month in September, while new constructions were down 1%. Maintenance works, on the other hand, rose 1.3% in September compared with the previous month.
The data are adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors.
On an annual basis, adjusted construction works fell 2.6% in September, largely due to a 32.5% decrease in capital repairs.
Maintenance works were down 10.8% on the year, but new constructions increased by 11.8%, the data showed.
In unadjusted data, Romanian construction works rose 6.3% on the month in September, but were down 6% compared with the same month of 2011.
In the January-September period, unadjusted construction works increased 3.2% on the year, while adjusted works advanced 4.6%, the data showed.