Appreciate the insight.
Instead of just complying with the inspector requirement or taking my suggestion (just run one wire below the soil as the inspector wants and one over the concrete as the contractor wants and I'd go buy the second wire), the contractor has spent the week calling the state DCA and calling the inspector and arguing his case. So probably the last good weather week for a while (maybe for the year) and the contractor has decided to not show up at all. After only showing up 5 hours over 2 days last week, I've had it with him. We had another electrician come yesterday and he was shocked by the condition of the yard/electric run and couldn't believe our contractor expected to pass inspection. He gave us a price that would require us to spend $750 more for this electrician to finish the work, but I think it may be worth it. Separately, the contractor used an excavator to trench (as his old machine couldnt handle tree roots in our yard) and destroyed our yard -- we have to replace several drain pipes under ground just to get back where we were after the excavator pulled out everything). We have our landscaper (who was doing our hardscaping as well) come by and he too was outraged what he saw and the condition they left our yard. So he is at the house now pricing out what it would cost to repair everything. Add on top of everything the fact that two weeks after setting our fiberglass pool, my wife pointed out it didnt appear level. The PB checked and confirmed she was right, drained the pool (which he had me fill up with my own water despite our contract saying he would cover water) and pulled it out of the ground to reset it. Our landscaper is still not sure it's level and showed up this morning with his laser to check it again. Waiting to hear on that one....
All in all, this has turned into a mess but I think it's time to have true professionals finish up our project and tell the PB to take a hike. I may have to litigate to get money back but I can't keep going with these guys.