Established in 1958，Beijing Urban Construction Exploration & Research Institute was one of the earliest units to obtain Grade A certification in geotechnical engineering investigation and surveying after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It is the first large-scale enterprise engaging in underground railway exploration and surveying in China and furthermore. It is still qualified to undertake railway transportation as well as civil construction projects in consultation, exploration, monitoring, supervision and risk assessments of geological hazard. It was restructured into a Limited Company in 2000.It has been inspected by the Ministry of Construction, surveying and mapping qualifications, issued by the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping(SBSM), and technical consulting, issued by The State Development and Reform Commission. It also holds a certificate geological investigation issued by the Ministry of Land and Resources, a Grade 2 certification for ground and foundation engineering construction, issued by Beijing Construction Commission, a certificate for construction drawing design file examination, issued by Beijing Municipal Bureau of Land and Resources . In addition, it was the first to qualify for the ISO9001 Quality System Recognition in Supervision in 2001 and received the Certificate of Metrological Authentication (CMA) from the State Bureau of Technical Supervision in 2001 and received a Safety License in production from both Beijing Administration of Production Safety and Beijing Municipal Construction Commission in 2005.

As a technology intensified institute, there are many talented people, among which one is a academician, over 20 enjoy the title of professor-class senior engineering. Technical experts account for 80% of the institute staff. The institute is composed of an engineering Investigation Company, Surveying and Mapping Company, Project Construction Company, Test Center, Geotechnical Company, Exploration and Technical Survey Company and a Civil Engineering Laboratory among others. It has all the most technologically advanced equipments at home and abroad, total of which value 20 million RMB. As chief technical advisors, our institute has complied three national standards: The Geotechnical Investigation for Metro and Light Rail Transit Code, the Metro and Light Rail Transit Engineering Survey Code and the Shield Tunnel Engineering Construction and Acceptance Norms. Besides, it collaborated in the development of a dozen other standards, norms and handbooks such as The Building Foundation Code, the Design and Ground Investigation Code for Beijing Area, the Building Construction Survey Code and the Engineering Measurement Code for Beijing Area.

Over the past fifty years, the institute has created and developed its strengths through underground railway engineering, reinforced those with municipal projects, and advances them through Olympic Game project opportunities. It has implemented subway survey and investigations in more than 10 major Chinese cities, including Beijing, shanghai, Tianjing, Guangzhou, xi’an, wuhan, Shenzhen, changchun, and qindao, and some countries like North Korea and Iran. Of the completed works, many are nationally and/or locally famous projects such as the Nation Gymnasium, the National Grand Theatre, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, the Jing-Hu High-speed Railway, high express ways and over 40 large-scale residential district etc. it has completed more than 200 projects relater to retaining during foundation excavation, ground improvement, precipitation design& construction and monitoring.

The institute regards quality as a central guiding principle in their philosophy, and attaches great importance to scientific research and development, having been awarded by the Central government, Beijing municipal government for a dozen of projects. In 1992 this institute won the title of Advanced Enterprise of National Engineering Survey, and a Value-foe-Credit Enterprise in Beijing every years for the last 13 consecutive years since 1994. in 2006, it has been regarded as a Superior Quality Unit by Beijing Quality Association.

The institute advocates the pursuit of the highest quality, the development of science and technology and improved management for better efficiency. It also adheres to principles of precise design, strict construction, scientific management, quality service, continued improvement, and persistence in pursue of excellence. The institute deems to provide all its customers with quality services.