The adjusted value of constructions works was up 5.3% compared with January, according to data released by the statistics institute INS.
New construction works and maintenance works went up by 7% and 11.8%, respectively, in data adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors. The value of capital repair works fell 26.7% on the month in February.
On an annual basis, the adjusted construction output rose 17.7% in February. The value of new constructions went up 24.1% year-on-year, while maintenance works increased 23.3%. However, capital repair works were down 13.2% from February 2014.
In unadjusted data, Romanian construction works rose 24.3% on the month in February, and were 19.7% higher compared with the same period of 2014.
The adjusted construction output rose 14.7% on the year in the first two months, while the unadjusted annual growth of the construction sector was 14.8%, the statistics data showed.