Gary Dahms’ 2024 Industry Predictions

December 10, 2023

Commerce Magazine highlighted interviews with New Jersey CEOs, managing partners and industry executives who shared their valuable insight into what they believe is in store for the new year.

T&M’s President and CEO, Gary Dahms shared his optimistic viewpoint on 2024 stating, “we’ll continue to see significant infrastructure improvements due to multi-year federal funding, though we’ll still face challenges hiring talent to get all this work done.” He also offered his view on AI, sharing that, “as with many industries, engineering and construction leaders are looking at ways to implement AI to enhance productivity. Just as AutoCAD removed much of the manual tedium from drafting plans in the 1980s, AI may be able to take over certain repetitive work, allowing engineers to focus on more thoughtful and complicated tasks.” Gary also reminded us to, “proceed with caution; AI can and does make questionable decisions.” Read the full issue here.