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[xadism]

I'm having a weird situation:  near my entryway, I have a bunch of designated digs (remove ramps, remove up/down stairs, channels, etc) and a bunch of constructions (walls and floors) queued up to build, but the dwarves aren't doing them.

The constructions are not suspended, everything is accessible, materials are available and nearby.  And other constructions / digs in immediately adjacent squares have been built.   I have one wall that looks like this now:  WWWWOOWOOWOWW,  where W is a constructed wall and O is a wall segment waiting to be constructed.   They've sat that way at least two in-game months and nobody ever builds the missing sections.

I have plenty of masons and miners with the labor turned on.   But if I designate a construction anywhere else in the fortress, they'll run build that and ignore the entryway construction.  If I put a burrow around the entryway and assign the miners and masons to it, they just stand around with "No Job".

Really can't figure out why they won't build these ... terrified I may get a goblin siege while my wall is still under construction!  Any help appreciated.

The only thing I can see that's different about these is that they are outdoors.   I've tried suspending and reactivating them, and canceling and redesignating the digs.  Nothing seems to help, it's as if the dwarves are simply allergic to some of the squares. 

[shlorf]

Blind shot: Are there any constructions, trees or other obstructions on the tiles you want to dig? Are you sure your dwarfs can reach them? Kinda hard to say anything without a screenshot, tbh.

[billybobfred]

If I put a burrow around the entryway and assign the miners and masons to it, they just stand around with "No Job".

Does this burrow also contain the materials earmarked for the task?

[Hans Lemurson]

(Q)uery them and see of those construction jobs are suspended or not.  If they are, unsuspend them and see what happens.

In any large construction project, you're bound to have a few tiles where the allocation of labor/materials went haywire.

[tolkafox]

Remove them and reassign them, I've had this problem sometimes when the material that they are using to build gets moved somehow.

Outside of that, are you sure they can get to both the materials and wall? Is the wall surrounded by floor, or is it in the air?