When the 600 guests at Building's Specialist Contractors awards got together earlier this week, there was a sense that they had more to celebrate than usual. Specialists are enjoying a much loftier position in the industry than ever before and keeping the supply chain happy is now the dominant concern of clients and main contractors. These days, specialists are likely to spend less time praying they'll get paid before they go under and more time fielding offers of long-term alliances from admirers. Power is shifting in construction and this is leading many in the industry to wonder: who calls the shots these days?
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