ᐅ Construction keeps getting delayed – should I call the site manager?

Hello everyone, do you perhaps have any advice on what to do when construction keeps getting delayed, besides constantly calling the site manager?
We are building with a general contractor. Construction started in mid-October 2017, but from December 1, 2017 to March 1, 2018, work was paused due to “bad weather.”
Since March 1, there have already been several interruptions of up to a week because the trades were not properly coordinated. The fact is, two weeks ago the roof structure was built and the gable was bricked. Now, nothing has happened again for a week. The site manager only makes unhelpful remarks like, for example, “I can’t expect someone to be on site every day?” Other construction sites in the area only started at the beginning of March and have already overtaken us.
Have you experienced something similar, and how did you apply pressure?

Have you contractually set a fixed completion date, including a clause that requires payment of amount XY per day/week to you in case of delay?

Maybe mention the company name? Oh, right, unthinkable in the construction business...

What does the contract say? Perhaps escalate the issue from the site manager to the managing director?

readytorumble schrieb:
Did you set a fixed completion date in the contract and specify that if it is exceeded, a certain amount XY must be paid to you per day/week?

Yes, we did—10 months from the completion of the foundation slab. So it must be ready for occupancy by August 26, 2018.

The suggestion to escalate the issue actually came from the site manager himself, so I don’t really expect anything from the managing director either, but I will try if nothing happens again today.

Ready to move in? You can also move into a house without painted walls... just as an example. I think the definition of ready to move in is somewhat vague as well.
Don’t have any tips to give right now.

Before August 26th, it will be difficult to complain. Four months of bad weather... where are you building? That is, of course, quite unusual and could affect the construction schedule commitment.