IDS Group was established in 1998 as Integrated Design Services by Dr. Said Hilmy, a reputable and award-winning structural engineer, to offer structural design and forensic engineering consulting services. Dr. Rami Elhassan, a well-known structural engineer in California with numerous industry-related publications and awards to his credit, joined the firm in 2000 as a partner. From its initial project successes with clients including Intel Corporation, Whittier Union High School District, Los Angeles County and Pacific Health Corporation, efficient business practices and core values drove the firm's mission and vision. With combined energy and resources, both Dr. Hilmy and Dr. Elhassan used their experience and knowledge to develop the infrastructure of a fully-integrated, multi-disciplinary consulting company. In 2004, IDS expanded its design consulting services to program and construction management.
Less than a decade later, the vision became a reality with a series of successful acquisitions of several specialty engineering firms. With a name change in 2007 to encompass a broader realm of scope, IDS Group now provides complete design and management services to some of the top public and private institutions in the United States.
The mechanical and plumbing engineering discipline of IDS Group is lead by Mr. Ray Cranston and staffed by his group of highly-skilled technical professionals. In 1964, Mr. Cranston joined the firm of FT Andrews, established in Fullerton, California in 1960 to offer
mechanical engineering services. Over its 50-year history, FT Andrews has completed thousands of projects for public and private agencies involved in education, healthcare, hospitality, microelectronics, and the aerospace industries. FTA Andrews joined IDS Group in 2008.
The electrical engineering discipline of IDS Group has its root in DGM & Associates, a company established by Mr. Dale Madler in 1992 to provide quality electrical engineering services through offices in Costa Mesa and Riverside, California. Within ten years, DGM serviced clients throughout the Western United States with a strong team of professionals. Mr. Madler and his staff joined IDS Group in 2009 to provide a comprehensive list of electrical engineering services to public agencies and developers.
Mr. Robert Popov, a noted expert in the fields of power generation and mechanical engineering, started his practice as Popov Engineers in 1975 from two offices in Newport Beach and San Diego. When renewable energy, thermal energy storage, distributed power generation, and wasted energy recovery were gaining momentum, Popov was implementing the newest technologies available in their projects. In 1985, Popov Engineers added a new office in Honolulu. Their accomplishments through innovative design and diversified applications of mechanical and electrical engineering concepts contributed to their success and expansion of services throughout the
US, Asia, and Europe. Over the past 35 years, Popov completed more than 3,000 projects, served over 500 clients, and worked in fourteen foreign countries. From their offices in California and Hawaii they served the Department of Defense, completing various projects for 38 military bases. Most of the projects have been under a prime contract and many of them with an emphasis on power generation, energy conservation, alternative energy sources, and systems commissioning. In 2009, IDS Group welcomed Mr. Popov and his staff, forming our power and energy business unit.
In 2010, IDS Group broadened its multi-disciplinary appeal when Mr. Ebbie Nakhjavani and a group of professionals from EKN formed our civil engineering business unit. Established in 1990 by Mr. Nakhjavani, EKN provided land development, civil engineering, and survey services to an elite group of private and public clients through a team of professionals in Irvine, Las Vegas, and Phoenix. By establishing the civil engineering discipline, IDS Group provides added-value by streamlining our integrated design services through a multi-disciplinary suite of engineering and management services under one roof.
