In this article, a reflection is made on the competitiveness of small Colombian architectural andconstruction companies, with the primary objective of analyzing the impact of globalization onthese. In this article we will talk about some types of economy and the issues that surround sucha broad treatise, unifying different concepts that are handled today, the evolution it has had overtime, the positive and negative impacts generated in different places of the economy. World andcurrent economic situation, especially the economic development of Latin America (Colombia),analyzing the possibilities of competitiveness, based on research carried out by different authors.From what has been said above it is extremely interesting to investigate in the different aspects ofthis complex science that attracted us especially for its social side, and for the possibility of beinga tool of change and transformation.