Founded in 2002 as a non-profit making organizations with an aim to promote and advance the knowledge and practice of underground utility services, and the creation and maintenance of a high standard of professional qualification in utility survey by organizing trainings and events, its first Executive Committee was established on 1st April 2003. 

HKIUS is aimed:

1. To promote and advance the knowledge and practice of underground utility management profession;
2. To develop and maintain a high standard professional qualification for underground utility management;
3. To provide technical advisory service on underground utility surveys for members of HKIUS and supportive advice for members of the public in general;
4. To facilitate exchange of opinions with others professional bodies on underground utility survey;
5. To promote professional ethics in the utility management industry;
6. To build and develop the role and status of underground utility management profession in the community;
7. To 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.