New constructions were down 6.1% on the month in October, while maintenance works dropped 1.3%. Capital repair works, on the other hand, rose 26.9% compared with September.
The data are adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors.
On an annual basis, adjusted construction works fell 6% in October, due to decreases in all sectors.
Capital repair works were down 10.2% on the year in October, maintenance works declined 7.9%, while new constructions dropped 6.4%, the data showed.
In unadjusted data, Romanian construction works rose 5.5% on the month in October, but were down 5.1% compared with the same month of 2011.
In the January-October period, unadjusted construction works increased 2.1% on the year, while adjusted works advanced 3.4%, the data showed.