When a nuisance occurs in the construction work, subcontractor, contractor and their employees should compensate for damage by torts. A nuisance implies living obstacles by a noise, vibration and disturbing right to enjoy sunshine, a view right. And the neighbors suffered harm can demand construction prohibition or injunction.
In general, subcontractor and contractor are liable for the tort of their employees but subcontractor who has no gross negligence not accountable for it.
In the relief on a nuisance, an illegality is an important element. The judgment of an illegality in general settles the Theory of a Tolerance Limit. Recently a court has admitted right to enjoy sunshine and a view right as legal rights, when environmental interests which a proprietor has possessed from old times are estimated objectively as having worth as living advantages.
The injunction, which developed as the main remedy in equity, is a court order that orders a party to do or refrain from doing a certain act (or acts) as opposed to a money judgment. A court must decide carefully it because the injunction for nuisances in the construction can deal defendants a hard blow.