The Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia (ACEM) was established in 1963 with the object of promoting the advancement of the profession of consulting engineering by associating together for consultation and cooperation those engineers whose work is of a purely consultative character, and of providing facilities for government, public bodies, associations representing industry and trade, and other to confer with Consulting Engineers as a body and to ascertain their collective views. One of the primary objects of the Association is to ensure that Consulting Engineers undertaking to advise on engineering matters shall be fully qualified engineers in their respective fields and should act in all professional matters in a strictly fiduciary capacity to their clients.