Big DogWill our data train someone else's AI?
No. The AI is Claude on Amazon Bedrock. AWS states your content is not used to improve the base models or shared with any model provider. It runs in your own cloud account, not ours.
09 / 09Engineering and consulting
AI for engineering and consulting firms.
Geologists, engineers and scientists. You bill by the hour, and the report is what the client pays for.
The problemThe problem
Hours in one place, the budget in another.
Each person logs hours against a project. Someone in the office lines those hours up against the project budget by hand, and the report the client is waiting on starts from a blank page.
- 01Timesheetsper person
- 02Project budgetupdated by hand
- 03Field notes and photosin the book
- 04The reporta blank page
The outcome
Hours against budget. Reports to check and sign.
Each person's hours land on the right project, against its budget, without anyone retyping them. The report starts as a first draft in your firm's style, built from the field notes, photos and your past reports. The geologist or engineer checks and signs it.
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Your account, your key, your call.
- Site investigationGeologist, engineer
- Groundwater monitoringScientist
- Slope reviewEngineerAt budget
Hours loggedBudget left
Illustration Each person's hours, on the project they belong to, the day they are logged.
- 01Timesheetson the right project
- 02Project budgetkept current
- 03Field notes and photosread straight in
- 04The reporta draft to sign
What we build first
Three things, in this order.
- 01Hours against budgetEach person's hours on each project, against what was budgeted.Cost and margin
- 02Report draftsBuilt from your field notes, photos and past reports.Knowledge
- 03Proposal draftsScope and hours drafted from the projects you have already done.Bids
Your know-how stays yours
The AI is Claude on Amazon Bedrock, and your data does not train it. Everything we build lives in an account you own. You keep it all if you stop working with us.
How the security worksHard questions
What they ask us first.
Big DogBig DogDo we end up leasing back our own know-how?
No. Everything we build lives in an account you own and pay for. Stop working with us and you keep all of it.
Our answerOwnerEngineer
Big DogWe are a consultancy, not a contractor.
Same problem, different paper. Inspection reports, proposals and timesheets are where your hours go. That is what we find and fix.
Our answerEngineer
Field tools and reading
Work it out yourself first.
CalculatorJob Cost and Margin CalculatorJob cost, margin, cost per meter or metric ton and cost against budget for a mining or heavy civil contractor's job, from your own numbers, every step shown.
CalculatorReporting Chain Cost CalculatorWhat the paperwork from shift report to invoice costs a mining contractor in office hours and dollars a year, from your own numbers, every step shown.
CalculatorUnderground Pillar Design CalculatorTributary-area pillar load, eight published strength formulas, factor of safety and extraction ratio for room and pillar.
Back on the surface
Talk to a mining engineer about your hours and reports.
A 20-minute call. We ask how hours get from a timesheet to a project budget, and how a report gets from field notes to a signature, and we tell you straight if AI fits.
Book a call
A 20-minute call. We tell you straight if AI fits.
Watch the presentation
The deck Dan shows owners. Sound on.
How we work
Find the money. Prove it. Run it.
- Use a field tool16 free calculators. Every equation cited.
- Get The PulseMining news worth knowing, every two weeks.
We sign your NDA before we see anything. Rather write? dan@bigdogmining.com