General contractor refuses to continue construction - How to proceed against it?

Especially since you are at the beginning of the project ... how is this supposed to continue

It is not about these 11 days. It is about the fact that the GU does not fulfill his obligations and demands a retroactive change to the contract from us. To me, it sounds like blackmail if the GU does not want to continue building unless we sign the agreement. The GU, together with the shell builder, messed up and does not want to take responsibility for it.

That is exactly what is meant. Your BU or GU now shows you where the hammer hangs if you do not cooperate but nitpick. If you want to get things done, you will have to acknowledge the power relations. Seriously, in the worst case, he simply terminates the contract with you and does nothing more. Suddenly and gone. Which judge will force him to build in how many years! Please learn that you only get ahead with, not against, the companies. Karsten

That is exactly what is meant. Your contractor or general contractor is now showing you who’s boss if you don’t cooperate but instead act like a stubborn little man. If you want to finish, you will have to accept the power relations. Seriously, in the worst case, he simply terminates the contract with you and does nothing more. Boom and gone. Which judge will force him to build in how many years! Please learn that you only get ahead with the companies, not against them. Karsten

What kind of nonsense is that? Someone is building utter rubbish to put it mildly and the client is supposed to keep quiet? That shows how bad they are and what kind of power construction companies have.

That is exactly why what nordlys writes is not nonsense. Being right and getting justice are two different things. You can now start acting like Rumpelstiltskin, which will probably go down well at the start of the construction project... but as I said, for this mode, get a lawyer involved to have the document assessed (NOT to have them appear openly, that would be the next level of escalation!)

I understand it this way: The general contractor botched the footing slab and is even trying to cover it up. Extending a footing slab is anything but trivial. I would have had the short footing slab demolished or demanded 20 years of warranty with a guarantee. However, his general contractor apparently does not want to meet the agreed deadline and also wants the client to waive their rights arising from the construction delay. And then he is supposedly to waive "claims for reduction" as well. Either the general contractor can prove that the execution complies with the contractual obligations and was carried out according to recognized engineering standards. Then he does not need to fear damages/reductions. If he did not work properly, it would be unreasonable for the client if a reduction were excluded. In my layman's opinion, the escalation clearly originates from the general contractor. Doing nothing here is the shortest way to RTL2. This has nothing to do with Rumpelstiltskin.