New constructions were down 17.5% in March from the previous month, while maintenance works dropped 1.2%. On the other hand, capital repair works rose 18.6% on the month in March.
The data are adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors.
On an annual basis, adjusted construction works fell 4.5% in March, on lower activity in all sectors.
Capital repairs were down 10.2% on the year in March, while maintenance works fell 8.5%. New constructions inched down 1% from March 2011.
In unadjusted data, Romanian construction works rose 9.2% on the month in March, but were down 10.2% compared with the same month of 2011.
In January to March, unadjusted construction works fell 1.1% on the year. Adjusted construction output advanced 1.4% in the first quarter compared with the same period of 2011, INS data showed.