The Australian Cost engineering Society (ACES) was formed in 1996 to provide opportunities for the exchange of information on the development of total cost management technologies in Australia and to encourage increased training and recognition for practitioners. The ACES is a technical society of Engineers Australia and a section of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEI). The ACES is also a member of the International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC).
Provide national leadership and facilitate professional activities to encourage member contribution to the practice of cost engineering in Australia.
The Institution of Engineers Australia was first established in 1919 and was granted a Royal Charter in 1938. It now operates within the terms of the Supplemental Royal Charter granted in 1993. In March 2003 it adopted a new common name, ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA.
Engineers Australia is this country's largest and most diverse engineering association. As well as its more altruistic aims, it also helps its 70,000 members achieve their personal and professional goals. It does this by providing an enormous range of benefits, facilities and services designed to meet members' needs at every stage throughout their careers.
Since 1956, AACE International, the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, has provided its members with the resources they need to enhance their performance and ensure continued growth and success. With about 5,500 members world-wide, AACE International serves cost management professionals: cost managers and engineers, project managers, planners and schedulers, estimators and bidders, and value engineers. AACE International has members in 78 countries and currently includes 70 local sections.
The International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) is an nonpolitical and nonprofit organization which was founded in 1976 with the object of promoting cooperation between national and multinational cost engineering, quantity surveying and project management organizations worldwide for their mutual wellbeing and that of their individual members.
ICEC member societies are located in more than 40 countries, and have chapters or sections in many additional countries. Through these chapters and sections, ICEC has access to more than 100,000 cost engineers and project managers in over 120 different nations. Regular ICEC meetings are attended by delegates of the member societies where subjects of common interests are exchanged and discussed.