The growth came amid a resurgence of the construction sector in the first quarter, which grew by about 13%, according to the National Statistics Institute.
“The transportation infrastructure business has stabilized in Romania,” is the only specific mention about Romania’s construction market in the Austrian group’s report.
Engineering or infrastructure works rose by 2.7% in the first quarter, according to the National Statistics Institute.
Strabag estimated in a previous report that the local construction sector would increase by 5.6% this year, while infrastructure will grow by 7.7% mainly because of the EU fund allocations.
The new projects Strabag got in Romania this year include the construction of a 10-kilometer highway section between Ungheni and Ogra (EUR57 million) and two buildings in the Oregon Park office complex in northern Bucharest, an investment of Portland trust, run by Briton Robert Neale.
Strabag had an order backlog of EUR511 million at the end of the first quarter, 16% higher than in the year-ago period. The group has 1,200 employees in Romania, 7% fewer than in 2014.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)