Construction work up by 7% in Romania in January

Construction work increased in Romania by 6.7% in January this year over January 2015, as a gross series, according to the National Statistics Institute (INS). The maintenance and current repair works went up by 28.7% year-on-year whereas the new construction work grew by 1.5%. Capital repair works dropped by 1.2%. When looking at the building type, the work on residential buildings went up by 11.7% in January this year over January 2015 whereas the work on non-residential buildings increased by 8.2%. The engineering construction work rose by 3.9% year-on-year. Compared to December 2015, the volume of construction work went down by 73.5% as a gross series and by 11.7% in seasonally adjusted terms. Romania records biggest growth in construction work in EU editor@romania-insider.com