15 mar 2013

Grup Servicii Petroliere, an offshore drilling company part of the Upetrom group of businessman Gabriel Comanescu, is bidding in what could be the tender of the year to get a contract with ExxonMobil more

8 mar 2013

A total of 150 kilometers of highways part of the European Corridor IV that were supposed to be completed by April will be inaugurated several months later, mainly due to some payment problems, more

5 mar 2013

China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), the constructor controlled by the Chinese state which submitted a bid for the lease of the Comarnic-Brasov highway, says it is also interested in more

4 mar 2013

Work on the ten most important highway construction sites is only 60% done on average, even though many of the highways should be open for traffic this April. more

4 mar 2013

The days when Romanian construction material producers could barely keep up with domestic demand are long gone, as the industry shrank by EUR2.5 billion in five years, making many local businesses more

27 feb 2013

The split of the National Highways and Roads Company in Romania (CNADNR) into two entities brings up the way in which the money that the institution gets every year will be distributed. The company more

19 feb 2013

Aurel Koeber, Piatra-Neamt-based businessman who controls Koeber, one of the largest players on the Romanian varnish and paint market, says one of the biggest challenges in his sector is more

8 feb 2013

About 100 kilometers of highway for which tenders were held last August have yet to find a builder, because of a series of petitions challenging decisions, too much time taken to assess bids and more

6 feb 2013

Construction company Building Astrom based in Arges County (southern Romania) is bidding for projects in Libya, where it wants to build homes, private hospitals and infrastructure. more

5 feb 2013

The top 30 payments made by the Romanian roads authority CNADNR last year show the inefficient infrastructure spending, with Bechtel receiving EUR76 million for 600 m of highway. more

21 ian 2013

German construction company Max Boegl, which built projects such as Bucharest’s National Arena stadium, is expanding its local operations, being set to invest EUR180-200 million in the construction more

31 dec 2012

The highest traffic volume in Romania, which will exceed an average of 16,000 vehicles per day in 2015, will mainly focus around the capital city - Bucharest-Pitesti, Bucharest-Urziceni, more

20 dec 2012

The local adhesives market was relatively constant in the first nine months of 2012 compared with the same interval a year ago, as investments in large projects are yet to come and the construction more

12 dec 2012

Italian-held construction company Astaldi, which built the Basarab Overpass and the National Arena stadium in Bucharest as well as the Cernavoda-Constanta highway, expects EUR150 million revenues on more

11 dec 2012

The construction supplies market has had quite a difficult 2012 and will not see a steady rebound until 2014, says Ioan Titeiu, who owns Arcon Sfantu Gheorghe, one of the largest Romanian-owned more

10 dec 2012

Laurentiu Lupusor, general manager of construction materials producer Baumit Romania, says 2012 was a difficult year, with low investments in construction, while political turmoil led to the more

27 nov 2012

The five leading companies on the Romanian construction market have been valued at nearly EUR1.5 billion this year, according to the seventh edition of the “100 most valuable companies in Romania," more

12 nov 2012

Protruck Center, a dealer of Iveco commercial utility vehicles and New Holland construction equipment in Romania, is considering bringing a strategic investor onboard, said the company’s majority more

12 nov 2012

Construction work on highways and national roads is late because construction companies don’t have enough personnel and equipment for their projects, according to an analysis of the Prime more

9 oct 2012

The ten most important highway construction sites progressed 4.4% from August 1 through September 1, even though they should have moved faster considering the good weather, reveals a ZF analysis of more

24 apr 2012

Alpine Romania, the local subsidiary of Austrian construction group Alpine, which built one of the most expensive office projects in Romania, Petrom City, has in the past year changed its focus to the more

4 ian 2012

Romania’s so-called asphalt kings won at least half of the EUR2.4 billion road infrastructure contracts awarded by the Transport Ministry and by the Development Ministry last year, according to ZF more

20 dec 2011

The ranking of the top ten infrastructure projects awarded this year shows that the Transport Ministry is finally prioritizing spending and moving money from road repairs to highway construction. more

20 dec 2011

Even though the local economy has not made it out of the crisis yet, construction and construction materials makers continued investments this year, announcing new plants or acquisitions of smaller more

10 oct 2011

Although the construction industry tends to be dominated by men, there are also exceptions to the rule. Sika’s Ileana Nicolae and Aliz Kosza, who runs varnish and paint producer Fabryo, are two such more