1997 - Idea born by the individual consultants Jeff Wix, Jim Forester and Thomas Liebich to join for international activities.

1998 - First collaboration projects in Singapore and the Philippines on a joint project basis. In June, AEC3 Ltd is established (btw. the "3" in AEC3 stands for the 3 "C's" in "Consultants Collaborative Consortium". AEC3 Ltd starts its first EU project ISTforCE.

2001 - Award of the ePlanchecking project in Singapore.

2002 - Two EU projects, ICCI and prodAEC strenghten AEC3's R&D capabilities, national project iCSS (Germany) and Ifc-mBomb (UK) are undertaken by the company founders.

2004 - Jim Forester leaves AEC3 to work on product development at Newforma. Work commences on the IFC for GIS (IFG) project with Staatens Be.

2005 - Nick Nisbet to join AEC3. Ongoing work in Norway, award of inteligrid contract for ontologies.

2006 - Plans for Jeffrey Wix Consulting Ltd to change to AEC3 UK Ltd, and Thomas Liebich Consulting to change to AEC3 Deutschland GmbH. AEC3 Ltd continues to provide the joint venture for working together on international projects.