يعتبر مكتب البركاني للاستشارات الهندسية (ACE) من إحدى أوائل المكاتب والشركات الهندسية في اليمن ، بما يتميز من حسن السمعة والإيفاء بالتعهدات في تقديم الخدمات الاستشارية المتنوعة والمحددة في اختصاصات ومجالات المكتب ، وذلك في اعلي درجات التقنية من خلال البحث على احدث الحلول للعوائق والصعاب ، بمشاركة فعالة تخدم مصلحة المشروع وحسن التنفيذ.
تأسس مكتب البركاني للاستشارات الهندسية (ACE) في 1 أغسطس 1993 م في مدينة المكلا محافظة حضرموت و تحت اسم البركاني للاستشـارات الهندسية (ACE) ضمن مؤسسة البركاني للهندسة والمقاولات العامة ، وفقا للإجراءات القانونية المعمول بها في وزارة الإنشاءات والتخطيط الحضري في الجمهورية اليمنية – المكلا . حيث أن أغلبية المشـاريع التي تنفذها المؤسسة هي تنفيذ أعمال مدنية عامة بما تشمل من أعمال البناء المختلفة .
وفي عام 1994م تم توسعت نشاط ( مرحلة التصاميم) مكتب البركاني للاستشـارات الهندسية (ACE) ، وربطها مباشرة بالتنفيذ الذي تقوم به المؤسسة مع التركيز على مرحلة الإشراف التي يقوم بها المكتب.
وفي 29-06-1996م تم تاسيس المكتب الرئسي في امانة العاصمة و توسعت أعمال المكتب بصوره منظمة ومرتبة لتشمل العديد من مجالات الهندسة المدنية مثل مشاريع الطرق والجسور والمشاءات الحديدية ، في الوقت الذي تم تطوير المؤسسة في مجالات عدة منها التدفئة والتكييف المركزي – والمصاعد الكهربائية .
وفي سنة 1998 م ، قرر المكتب توسيع نشاطه ، للعمل ضمن التخصصات الهندسة الإنشائية ، والهندسة المعمارية ، والهندسة الكهربائية ، والهندسة الميكانيكية ، والطرق ، والمياه والصرف الصحي ، وإنشاء السدود ، وتنسيق الحدائق والقيام باعداد الدراسات البيئية والاجتماعية ودراسة الجدوى. Al Barakani Consulting Engineering (ACE) is one of the leading consulting firms of Republic of Yemen, which enjoys nationally reputed consultant providing the consultancy services, where ACE is a proud development partner providing appropriate and sustainable solutions for infrastructure development through innovative technologies, affordable ideas, capacity building, proper policy making, suitable institutional reforms and community participations. Ever since her establishment in 1993, ACE has developed into a premier consultancy organisation providing services from the stage of conceptualisation to planning, design and detailed engineering of diverse discipline projects. ACE has ample experience and capacities in the following fields of detailed studies: feasibility studies, design for structures, environment and social planning, construction management, electrical and control engineering, traffic planning, highway engineering, surveying bridge engineering, water supply and sanitation, water collection, pumping stations, storage and distribution, drainage and sewerage systems, structural stability ,and calculation for water structures, small dams , tanks ,design the private and public gardens as well as socio-economies. ACE has worked at national level for public as well as private sector clients, and has successfully participated in many projects of the World Bank (WB), Arab fund for social and economic development (AFSED), Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and other renowned donor agencies, and therefore is familiar with their procedures. Our clients range across the public and private sectors, in IDA and for the last year. They include govt., semi-Govt., local government, autonomous bodies, international, multi and bilateral donor agencies. We help our clients realize their objectives by developing and delivering practical solutions, adding value to their services through application of our experience, innovative thinking and state-of-the-art technology. Of late, we have been involved in several projects funded by IDA in Taiz and other funded by AFSED in Mukalla. (oil Ministry Building) funded “Development of a Comprehension Document and Detailed Engineering Design and Tender Documents for oil Ministry Building” in Sana’a capital and are presently involved in supervision of the construction works of the same (Construction Supervision of Yemeni company for refinery of petroleum building Project). Additionally, we are also engaged in “Surveying, Design, and construction Supervision for Three Dams Project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of the Republic of Yemen also funded by Govt. Recently we have been awarded a project “IDA Rural Access Project in Hudayda, and Hajja Governorates”. Detail Area Plan, survey, designs and preparation of bidding documents for small and medium spate diversion works spread in ten FUS, Three Rural dams Development are one of the major sectors where ACE is consolidating its experience. Preparation of Al Hudayda and Hajja Master Plans are included and carried out MIS system, based line survey, and monitoring indicators.ACE and BETS will coordinate to do the satellite imagery/ data ANALYSES study for monitoring of changes in irrigated areas and cropping pattern for some selected sub-basins according to their highly technology experience. ACE, one of the water supply and sanitation, Highway and Roads, Structural, Dams, and private and public gardens firms in Yemen. It is uniquely qualified in providing large scale water supply, sanitation & sewer services, design of water supply and sewerage system, hydro-geological investigations of shallow and deep aquifers, water resources inventories, water supply tanks, collection of sub-surface hydro-geological and geophysical data, data management systems etc. ACE maintains a pool of highly skilled professionals with long experiences in their respective fields capable of delivering practicable solutions for water supply and environment related problems to the clients. ACE also, has more experience and qualified In Specialization the design and construction supervision of the road projects, good experience in the construction management, good contract administration of road contract and good knowledge with environmental and social aspects associated with the construction activities of the road projects at Rural Access Program. ACE has extensive experience in conducting Initial Environmental Examination (IEE), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental Management Plan (EMP), scheduled analysis of various environmental aspects including air and water quality of the industrial effluents and non point source urban and rural pollutants, map overlay using GIS as tools for environmental impact analysis. ACE has experience, detailing land use map using GIS and has successfully completed a number of projects. The major task of these works included environmental baseline survey, analysis of air, water and soil quality, socio-economic survey, demography, literacy, utility, services, income and employment study and incorporation of legislation relevant to the study; consultation with Project SMEC . Identification and mitigation of potential impacts and preparation of environmental management plan.