29 dec 2011

The Romanian Transport Ministry completed rehabilitation works on 489 kilometers of national roads this year, spending about EUR400 million, according to the data supplied by the institution. more

16 dec 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

14 dec 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 dec 2011

Bulgarian ceramic tile maker KAI Grup controlled by U.S. private equity firm Advent International, sees the market up by 5% to 10% in 2012. It would thus rebound from the slight decline in volume to more

12 dec 2011

The ranking of companies with the biggest losses of value in crisis is topped by players in the banking and energy sector, according to the “Top 100 most valuable companies in Romania” yearbook more

9 dec 2011

The Transport Ministry will complete several road infrastructure projects in 2012 worth EUR1.4 billion, enough to build 233 kilometers of highways, at a cost of EUR6 million per kilometer. more

9 dec 2011

Engineering design companies, which are the starting point of huge projects, such as highways and large hydro-power stations, will have a better performance this year than in 2010, writes Business more

8 dec 2011

Construction materials producer Baumit Romania, part of Austrian group Schmid Industrie Holding, is considering building a new dry mortars plant with a capacity of 300,000 tons, after last year it more

7 dec 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

1 dec 2011

Werner Weihs-Raabl, head of group infrastructure finance and group public sector with Austria’s Erste, which owns the largest local bank, BCR, says Romania is the most important market now. more

23 nov 2011

Ziarul Financiar this week started a campaign about the management of the 195 billion lei (EUR45 billion) that the government hopes to collect for the general consolidated budget in 2012, as indicated more

21 nov 2011

The founders of Austrian real estate consultancy Krammer & Wagner, who brought tenants to shopping centers such as Bucharest’s Militari Shopping and Constanta’s Maritimo, said at least ten more more

17 nov 2011

The subway network in Bucharest is a little over 70 kilometers long and has 51 stations. Its operator, Metrorex, plans to add at least 100 new stations and 70 kilometers over the next two decades. more

10 nov 2011

Stimulate investments and make sure they are not made only on paper! This is the most important piece of advice that Romanian entrepreneurs have for the government, which should take a closer look at more

7 nov 2011

Romania’s poorly developed road infrastructure could seem a major hurdle for the business of cement producers, which provide one of the raw materials for road building. However, cement producers more

3 nov 2011

The Government on Wednesday approved in its meeting a list of 100 investment projects conducted with EU funds, which will be monitored and prioritized. more

26 oct 2011

The construction companies that have so far won contracts worth around EUR1 billion for the rehabilitation of county and local roads included in the National Infrastructure Development Program (PNDI) more

20 oct 2011

Arges-based construction company Building Astrom, held by Marian Dragoi, Nicolae Dragoi and Alexandru Radu, is preparing to seal an over EUR10 million contract in Algeria, to build industrial more

17 oct 2011

Construction supplies manufacturer AdePlast based in Oradea (western Romania), held by businessman Marcel Barbut, posted 110 million lei (EUR25.4 million) sales after the first nine months, up about more

13 oct 2011

Construction company Baumeister controlled by the Adamescu family, which also owns Unirea Shopping Center in Bucharest, expects sales to reach about EUR40 million this year, up almost 70% from 2010. more

7 oct 2011

He does not have highway construction contracts, does not post margins of more than 5-10%, and works mainly in the Banat area (western Romania). Yet last year his business became the second-largest more

5 oct 2011

Philippe Questiaux, president and general manager of Lafarge Ciment Romania, the local subsidiary of French construction materials manufacturer Lafarge, will end his term next year and is set to be more

3 oct 2011

Construction materials maker Arcon based in Sfantu Gheorghe (central Romania), held by businessman Ioan Titeiu, posted EUR16.3 million sales in the first eight months, an increase of about 11% on the more

3 oct 2011

The face of Bucharest should be changed every year. After the Basarab Overpass, the most important and expensive urban infrastructure project of the last twenty years inaugurated at the beginning of more

29 sep 2011

Romania’s national roads authority CNADNR has spent nearly 4 billion lei (EUR0.93 billion) in the first seven months of the year out of a total budget of RON8.2 billion (EUR1.9 billion) it has this more