MDS Consulting addresses environmental and social issues and economic reality. As a planning and engineering services firm, it offers three types of solutions: planning, engineering and surveying. Planning services include property research, feasibility studies, community design, site planning and entitlement processing. Engineering services include earthwork estimates, drainage studies, grading plans and permit processing. MDS Consulting s surveying services include easement, encumbrance and topographic mapping; parcel, tract and record of survey maps; and construction staking. The firm has completed real estate development and public works projects. MDS Consulting s home office is located in Irvine, Calif.