ABOUT DAVID
Safety manager by day.
AI builder the rest.
David “Dave” Dunham is a Canadian Registered Safety Professional based in Fort St. John, BC. His background spans megaproject safety, construction, oil and gas, pipelines and forestry. He uses AI in real safety work and builds tools from that experience.
01 / WHY HE BUILDS
Describe the problem.
Build something useful.
Dave wanted AI talks to go beyond big promises and cameras that spot hard hats.
Safety runs on documentation, process and due diligence. That is exactly the work these tools are getting good at.
He tests that potential on a live project and spends his evenings building tools. With AI, he has built e-learning, software and animations for his talks without a background in writing code.
His aim is to help safety teams turn their knowledge into useful tools, training and media.
02 / HIS APPROACH
Thoughtful AI use
requires safety expertise.
Anyone can generate a procedure now. Knowing what context it needed, and whether what came back is right, is the job.
If the people who understand the risk do not shape these tools, the people who understand the software will.
03 / BACKGROUND
The work behind
the talks.
Now
North Coast Transmission Line
Safety Manager. BC Hydro, Prince George to Terrace. Orientation, journey management, contractor governance and AI-assisted documentation.
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Before that
Site C and northern BC
Site C Clean Energy Project, plus oil and gas, pipelines and forestry across northern BC.
Work with Dave↗
On the side
Strawboss.ai
A connected job site with one brain. Built from Dave’s experience in health and safety and AI, with the aim of helping organizations act before people are harmed.
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Credentials and practice
CRSP
WorkSafeBC regulation, COR, prime contractor governance, confined space, fall protection and process hazard assessment.
Book a conversation↗04 / WRITING
What Dave is learning.
Dave writes about practical safety work for Construction Industry AI / AI Construction News ↗ and is working on an upcoming ebook on AI in contractor safety with Veriforce Canada.
Read Dave’s writing ↗MAKE AI USEFUL
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