As commercial and residential investment has now come to a grinding halt, everyone who can is switching to road, bridge and sewage plant projects. Central and local government look set to guarantee work for contractors over the next few yearsEmil Górecki None of the leading companies carrying out engineering work can complain about a lack of orders at the moment, a hardly surprising fact considering Poland has substantial funding for such projects guaranteed by the EU 2007-2013 budget. Much will be used for the re-construction of transport infrastructure, with the total sum earmarked for this being EUR 19.4 bln, as well as environmental projects (including sewage treatment plants, sewage removal – EUR 4.8 bln) and the energy industry (EUR 1.7 bln), with approximately the same amounts being contributed from the state budget. In addition to this, many of these projects will have