Summary
The new orders in construction index presented a year-on-year increase of 29.5% in the fourth quarter of 2014 (change rate of -31.2% in the previous quarter). This behaviour was determined by Civil Engineering sector index which moved from a change rate of -48.5% in the third quarter to 50.4% in the following quarter. The Building Construction index presented a year-on-year change rate of 13.7% (10.5% in the previous quarter).