El diseño de obras públicas en Colombia: ¿Un problema de ingeniería civil o de interpretaciones legales?

The study and design of public works in Colombia has been complicated in recent times due to different elements of conflict between government organizations and consultants. Though this use to happen in minor concepts, it is not rational that minor things some times be converted to the most important part of a construction. As the 80^a Law of 1993 must be applied for contracting with the government, new conditions that stimulates studies and design deficiencies have appeared. That Law is plenty of good wishes, but the application has shown that yields to many problems. This article presents some aspects of the actual situation in Colombia.