Where were your professionals (architect/engineer), by law all commercial buildings are supposed to be designed by licensed architects who as a part of their service supervise the construction process for the building including helping with the selection of the contractors as well as determining materials need/used and quantifying of stage payments.
As an architect, I have frequently been called in to situations by people who like you tried to manage a construction project themselves, usually there is the cry that the contractor is at fault but many times it is simply a lack of understanding about the process.
You mention the various faults with the contractor, I wonder if you made any demands on the contractor that perhaps he felt necessitated the changing of the contracted amounts, something I see a lot of in my dealings with these matters.
That said I agree that something needs to be done from the governments' part to protect the consumer who despite the large investment most buildings require seem reluctant to protect themselves by hiring professionals conversant with construction practices.

let the church say AMEN

Wait a minute. He just say he will expose the judge and the judge has the power to bring him before the courts. If this is legal, then we gat some serious problems in this country.

It seems as if the judge in this case, whom my tax dollars help to pay, is saying he can't be questioned.