The adjusted value of constructions works was up 2.5% compared with July, according to data released by the statistics institute INS.
New construction works and capital repair works went up by 10.8% and 8.1%, respectively, in data adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors. Maintenance works were down 11.4% on the month.
Compared with August 2013, the adjusted construction output fell 17%. Maintenance works decreased by 22.5% on the year in August, while the value of capital repairs and new constructions dropped by 15.4% and 12.5%, respectively.
In unadjusted data, Romanian construction works went up 9.5% on the month in August, but were down 15.6% compared with the same period of 2013.
In the first eight months, the adjusted construction output decreased by 11.9% compared with the year-earlier period, while the drop in unadjusted data was 13.1%.