Maintenance works increased 22.4% on the month in November, while new constructions were up 7.4%. Capital repair works, on the other hand, fell 15.2% in November 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 1.5% in November, largely due to a 3.8% decrease in capital repairs.

Maintenance works were down 2.1% on the year, but new constructions increased by 1.4%, the data showed.

In unadjusted data, Romanian construction works rose 12.5% on the month in November, and were up 1.4% compared with the same month of 2011.

In the January-November period, unadjusted construction works increased 2.3% on the year, while adjusted works advanced 3.2%, the data showed.