The international financial crisis has a direct impact on the construction industry, and an indirect one, as well. Thus, besides the fact that companies cannot obtain financing any longer, Romanian workers who went abroad, now return to the country asking for jobs in this field, in which case there is no question of a personal crisis. The President of the Romanian Association of Construction Entrepreneurs (ARACO), Laurenţiu Plosceanu, told us that, at present, the base word in construction industry is prudence. "The main problem of this industry is represented by the availability of financing for next year. There are two possibilities here, as long as financial problems aggravate, some projects will be cancelled for lack of funds, and the investment value will be reduced in the case of others. They would be among the first short-term effects that are felt on the construction market'', said Laurenţiu Plosceanu for the Curierul Naţional. Moreover, the ARACO president pointed out that the only way of financing in the construction market, at present, would be the customer's money. Fewer workers in construction industry Construction, a sector where 423,000 people work, will also "adapt" to a falling market. Laurenţiu Plosceanu said it would be possible that only 370,000 employees remained in the sector, in early 2009. Not only the Romanians working abroad in the construction sector will remain unemployed, but also the employees in Romania. The drop in investments in real estate projects and in the pace of construction will make the number of employees who will enter technical unemployment exceed the figure of 53,000, at the beginning of next year. Laurenţiu Plosceanu also mentioned that the employers in construction, in order to reduce their losses, would not give holiday bonuses to employees. ''In addition to the fact that some investments have been cancelled, the mana