Legal Question in Construction Law in New York

Re: Client wants to delay

It depends on what your original contract says.

A delay due to inclement weather, if it is not unduly extended for other reasons, need not be written expressly in the agreement, especially if the work cannot be done when rains.

However, a time clause is a standard element of

construction agreements; large contracts are actually insured with performance bonds due to the amount of money that can be lost if a contractor does not keep to the schedule.

If you want to go along with your customer and wait until September, explain that it will cost more, and why; that you turned down other jobs,

and that you might need to re-do some of the work.

In the furure, you should be specific about these

things in your agreement.