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What are generally the problems, which civil engineers in Greece face in their everyday practice?

One problem is unfair competition. This occurs when the power or a given position is abused. When someone takes advantage of a certain position to obtain employment. Other problems are associated with poor use of professional rights. There are engineers who have been arrested because they signed for the construction of buildings that can not be signed to be built because they endanger people. Another big problem is that there is no record of the builders of private sites. There are no clear rules and prerequisites for the construction of sites. When an engineer is responsible for a building he has to deal with the craftsmen and workers who know from their experience what to do, but sometimes they only know roughly. But they do not have to obtain a document or certificate for their knowledge of what to do. In Greece we say "whatever you claim – this is what you are" but this is wrong. So we want to have a registry so as to show how many years one has worked and what one knows how to do.