The Legal Basis of a Construction Dispute
A dispute arising from a construction contract — unpaid remuneration, damaged materials or a defect discovered within the warranty — is resolved under the contract-for-work norms of the Civil Code. Knowing these norms determines who may demand what and within which period. The ordering party is obliged to pay the contractor the remuneration after the completion of the work, unless the contract provides for payment in instalments — thus, as a general rule, the money follows the completed work, and advance settlement is possible only by agreement. This excludes the argument that cancellation or delay of the order automatically releases the ordering party from payment: the payment obligation attaches to the completed result.