Not drying at base of wall

After 9 weeks the plaster at the base of walls still looks and feels damp/wet following dpc, thermotek outside and waterproof rendering onto bare brick inside.

Could this have anything to do with the fact that the dpc is above floor level, which I only now realise is probably unavoidable. Turns out however that this is allowed according to the t&c.

The salts have stopped coming through now the rest of the wall seems OK. We engaged the firm to advise on a solution not to request dpc. They advised fitting a dpc (third to be fitted in 20 years). Ought they to have advised on lowering our overbuilt drive way or cutting a channel in it? Ought they to have made it clear verbally that dpc would be above floor level and what the consequences of that might be.

Why is the waterproof rendering not preventing this damp at the base? Should the skirting boards have been removed when the waterproof rendering was applied? They were not. Will this ultimately dry out after the stipulated apparently contractual 9 months?

Any advice? thanks.
The pipes are touching the wall so they must not of removed the plaster behind it, if the wrong plaster was used before this will cause the problems in the pic, also the pipes may get cold and attract moisture, see the paint missing on the pipes? They should of removed the skirting behind it because there might be cold bridging with the floor and the back of the skirt might be soaked and rotten also causing the problem.
 
After 9 weeks the plaster at the base of walls still looks and feels damp/wet following dpc, thermotek outside and waterproof rendering onto bare brick inside.

Could this have anything to do with the fact that the dpc is above floor level, which I only now realise is probably unavoidable. Turns out however that this is allowed according to the t&c.

The salts have stopped coming through now the rest of the wall seems OK. We engaged the firm to advise on a solution not to request dpc. They advised fitting a dpc (third to be fitted in 20 years). Ought they to have advised on lowering our overbuilt drive way or cutting a channel in it? Ought they to have made it clear verbally that dpc would be above floor level and what the consequences of that might be.

Why is the waterproof rendering not preventing this damp at the base? Should the skirting boards have been removed when the waterproof rendering was applied? They were not. Will this ultimately dry out after the stipulated apparently contractual 9 months?

Any advice? thanks.
Out of curiosity which is the cold water pipe?
 
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