I'm the General Contractor working for a client who is acting as the Owner/Builder. Client is from California and a past developer of Condominiums. The issue is the subcontractor working for me has completed the foundation work. The work is not satisfactory to my client, and he represented to me that Trustee and local attorney feel that the delays caused by the concrete contractor and the sub-par work has caused them to balk on a $6677 payment. The subcontractor and all the material suppliers have signed Conditional and some Unconditional releases (over kill and mounting paperwork). The subcontractor in good faith signed the Conditional and we thought payment was being made, but client came back and wanted Unconditional Releases from this subcontractor now with no payment. This has created the concrete people to start texting me threatening texts, inflammatory emails, etc. I have requested the Client to put in writing WHY no payment, as well as if a "holdback" is warranted so the subcontractor can be paid what is not in dispute, to alleviate the threats, as I will probably give the Police department a heads up on these texts. Client says the Trustee and local attorney have the say, "and it's out of his hands". We were never told there was a Trustee involved before we signed our contract. Who are we working for, or is this a reuse? We told Client if this is not resolved immediately, and some sort of payment is not received by this sub. We will not move forward in our contract and will not be onsite next Tuesday. I feel this problem in the early stage of construction is not a good sign. Client borrowed $450,000 and to date about $38,000 has been paid to the excavator and the concrete contract. Thx for your assistance. forward on our contract to do the framing