The prospects for construction engineer jobs certainly look a lot better in the middle of 2010 compared to 12 months ago. This is in spite of the threat of cuts to public sector spending, which will have an effect on the prospect of some construction projects going ahead.

However, some commitments to spending in the public sector will have to be fulfilled including in the area of climate change policy. In order to meet certain self imposed targets set by the previous Labour administration, the UK must step up its program of building wind farms according to government advisers.

Laws were brought in to make sure the country cut its greenhouse emissions by 34 percent from 1990 levels by 2020. However, government advisers are warning that this will only be achievable by amongst other things doubling the number of wind farms built each year.

Such an increase in development will presumably need private sector funding given the current state of public finances. However, if the target is to be reached with the help of additional wind farms and even nuclear power stations, then additional construction engineer jobs will surely be needed.

Chris Huhne, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary acknowledged that more needs to be done to meet these aggressive targets. He said: ?There has to be an enduring shift to low carbon, driving growth in new technologies.?

This in part refers to the building of new wind farms, which are fast becoming an established sight on British landscapes. The continuation and even upgrade of wind farm programs will hopefully be good news for construction engineer jobs.