03.02.2012

Romania’s construction market dropped 4% last year, to EUR9.3 billion, from EUR9.7 billion, and this year it could reach EUR9.3-9.5 billion in best-case scenario, according to construction more

03.02.2012

Romanian housing construction fell 7.8% to 15,372 units in the fourth quarter of 2011 from the year-earlier period, due to declining activity in both urban and rural areas, the country’s statistics more

03.01.2012

Hidroconstructia, the largest Romanian construction company, with over EUR232 million in turnover in 2010, has opened a branch in Kircheim, Germany, according to information in the Official Gazette. more

02.28.2012

Managers expect a moderate increase in industry and relative stability in construction, retail and services for the February-April interval of 2012, according to data published Tuesday by the Romanian more

02.17.2012

Romanian construction output rose 3.1% on the year in December, the eighth largest increase in the European Union, official data showed Friday. more

02.16.2012

Romanian constructor Bog’Art, owned by businessman Raul Doicescu, has over the years built some of the top office projects in Bucharest and plans to take on building wind farms and enter the African more

02.10.2012

Romanian construction works inched up 1.1% on the year in 2011, largely boosted by an 11.6% increase in capital repairs, the statistics institute INS said Friday. more

02.06.2012

The start of new infrastructure projects and the fact that increasingly more constructors are using EU funds to buy equipment fueled a doubling of the construction equipment market in 2011, say more

01.27.2012

Romania issued 39,424 building permits for residential projects in 2011, down 6.6% from the previous year, the statistics institute INS said Friday. more

01.21.2012

Romania’s Transport Ministry wants to amend the transport infrastructure legislation to step up road construction, Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said Saturday. more

01.18.2012

Romanian construction output rose 16.9% on the month in November, the largest increase in the European Union, official data showed Wednesday. more

01.18.2012

Spanish-held FCC Construccion, a EUR12 billion business with international operations, is mainly known in Romania for the building of the Basarab overpass together with Italy’s Astaldi. more

01.11.2012

Romanian construction output rose 3% on the month in November, after a 1.5% decrease in October, the statistics institute INS said Wednesday. more

01.11.2012

Romania ranks second in the region in terms of kilometers of highway finalized last year (58 kilometers), behind Poland, which opened 217 kilometers of highway to traffic last year, according to a more

12.31.2011

In 2011, only 58 kilometers of highways were launched, but Romanian authorities plan to open for traffic at least three-times more next year. more

12.20.2011

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

12.16.2011

The construction market received a new impetus in 2011, at least in the infrastructure sector, after contracts worth several billion euros for roads, railway and the subway were awarded. But 2011 has more

12.14.2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday he is sending back to Parliament a bill whereby construction permits are issued by default if local authorities fail to respond to permit applications more

12.14.2011

The adhesives market shrank by about 15% in the first nine months, as private and public investment did not rebound, says Marcel Barbut, who controls adhesives and construction supplies maker more

12.08.2011

Romania builds annually about two new homes per one thousand inhabitants, less than half the European average, and should finish 100,000 housing units each year to catch up, according to PRO BCA, the more

12.07.2011

Romanian construction works fell 1.5% on the month in October, after a 1.3% increase in September, the statistics institute INS said Wednesday. more

12.07.2011

Five of the most valuable 20 companies owned by Romanian entrepreneurs operate in the constructions industry, and their cumulated value exceeds EUR520 million. more

12.02.2011

Romanian housing construction fell 16.2% to 11,278 units in the third quarter from the year-earlier period, due to declining activity in both urban and rural areas, the country’s statistics more

11.29.2011

The Bucharest-Ploiesti highway will not be completed on time, by December of this year, but rather in 2012, and the constructors responsible will be penalized by 0.05% of the contract value per day, more

11.25.2011

Romania is too poor a country, too much in need of infrastructure, new homes, administrative buildings and even office and retail spaces not to see the real estate market return to growth over the more