HKIUS was registered in 2002 as a society and enacted on 1st April 2003 as a non-profit making organization with the aims to
1. Promote and advance the knowledge and practice of underground utility management profession;
2. Develop and maintain a high standard professional qualification for underground utility management;
3. Provide technical advisory services on underground utility surveys for members of HKIUS and supportive advices for members of the public in general;
4. Facilitate exchange of opinions with other professional bodies on underground utility survey;
5. Promote professional ethics in the utility management industry;
6. Build and develop the role and status of underground utility management profession in the community;
7. Cooperate and confer with, or otherwise assist and advise, government authorities, quasi-governmental organizations, public utilities organizations, universities, colleges and other public or private bodies or corporations in the utility management industry.