New construction works were up 14.6% on the year in August, while maintenance works and capital repairs were down 5.1% and 1.6%, respectively. The data are adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors.
Compared with July, adjusted construction works rose 2.8% in August. New construction and maintenance works rose 4.6% and 4.5% on the month, respectively, but capital repairs were down 0.8% from July.
In unadjusted data, Romanian construction works rose 8.3% on the month in August, and were up 5.1% compared with the same month of 2011.
For the January-August period, unadjusted construction works increased 4.9% on the year, while adjusted works advanced 5.6%, the data showed.