Amsel Business Solutions · AI lunch and learn

AI for engineering firm owners

Lunch, a straight talk on where AI really stands, and an open conversation about what it means for your firm.

Date
Wednesday, December 9, 2026
Tentative, to be confirmed
Time
Over the lunch hour
Two hours or less; start time to come
Where
Victoria, BC
Venue to be announced
Seats
15 spots
About $150 + GST, lunch included
The details

Two hours, one table, real answers

This is a small lunch for engineers who own and run an engineering consulting firm on southern Vancouver Island. Amsel Business Solutions asked its members what they most wanted to talk about. The answer was AI, and it came with urgency.

So we kept the format simple: a good lunch, about an hour of practical presentation, then open discussion and questions with your peers. It wraps up in two hours or less, so you are back at your desk the same afternoon.

Get your seat through Amsel Seats are offered by Amsel Business Solutions. Watch your inbox, or reach Brian Fraser directly below.
Date
Wednesday, December 9 Tentative
December 2026. We will update this page the moment it is confirmed.
Time
Lunch hour
No more than two hours, start to finish. Start time to be announced.
Where
Victoria, BC
Venue to be announced. Amsel is booking a room now.
Seats and cost
15 spots
About $150 plus GST, covering lunch, the room and organizing.
How the two hours run
LunchMeet the other firm owners at the table.
The talkAbout an hour with Brayden Everton on AI in engineering practice.
DiscussionYour questions, your firm, open floor.
The question we heard most
“Is it really something that can make my business more competitive?”
From Amsel Business Solutions' survey of engineering firm owners, October 2026
What we will cover

Your four questions, answered plainly

These came straight from the owners on Amsel's list. The talk is built around them, in the language of engineering practice, with time left for the ones you bring.

01

What is actually going on with AI?

Where the tools really stand at the end of 2026, what has changed this year, and how to tell useful from noise without becoming a technologist.

02

Can it make my firm more competitive?

Where consulting firms are finding real time back: proposals and fee letters, reports, code and standards research, and the project admin that eats into billable hours.

03

How would we bring it into our business?

A practical first path: where to start, what stays with your engineers, and how to bring juniors and senior staff along together.

04

Doesn't it just make things up?

Sometimes, yes. Why that happens, how to check the work, and the simple rules that keep a professional's seal and name safe.

Draft check
draft: code summary, Part 3 egress review
✓ 6 of 7 clause references traced to source
! 1 reference not found; flagged for the engineer
status: held for review, not issued
A person decides.
Brayden presenting to a room of design professionals
Working sessions with design and construction teams
Brayden speaking to a full room
Plain language, real examples
A live AI demonstration on screen
Shown live, not just described
Workshop with architects and engineers
Room for your questions
Brayden and a co-facilitator leading a workshop
Built for firm owners
Brayden Everton presenting
Brayden Everton · Victoria, BC
Your speaker

Brayden Everton

Founder, President and CEO, Aiyarise Intelligence Inc.

Brayden has worked in BC and Alberta construction since leaving high school. He started as a site labourer, ran heavy equipment in the Canadian oil sands, and rose to project manager of multimillion-dollar commercial contracts as a general contractor.

He has delivered multi-phase, high-stakes work for the provincial and federal governments, including secure facilities for the Department of National Defence and the renovation of the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre while it stayed in operation as a maximum security prison. His portfolio also covers historic renovations and full service disaster restoration. He holds a Diploma in General Management from Camosun College.

Today he leads Aiyarise, a Victoria AI governance consultancy for Canada's architecture, engineering and construction sector. He helps firms understand AI, put it to work, and keep a person in charge of every decision that matters.

StartedSite labourer
FieldHeavy equipment, oil sands
BuiltSecure and institutional projects as a GC
NowOperational AI for the built world
December in Victoria

Bring your questions. Leave with a plan.

Fifteen seats, one long table, and the people who run firms like yours.

Your hosts

Hosted by Amsel, presented by Aiyarise

Brian Fraser

Owner, Amsel Business Solutions

Amsel brings together engineers who own and operate consulting firms on southern Vancouver Island, through pub nights and lunches with subject matter experts. Questions about seats, the venue or the date go to Brian.

Brayden Everton

Founder, President and CEO, Aiyarise Intelligence Inc.

Aiyarise helps architecture, engineering and construction firms across Canada learn AI, put it to work and govern it well, through workshops, project work and ongoing advisory. Questions about the talk itself go to Brayden.

Brayden Everton

Most of the owners I talk to are not short on curiosity about AI. They are short on straight answers from someone who has stood where they stand. I spent years on sites and in site trailers before any of this, so I will keep it practical: what works today, what does not yet, and what I would do first if it were my firm.

Bring your hardest question. I look forward to sitting down with you.

BraydenBrayden Everton · Aiyarise

See you at the table in December.