REAL ESTATE

U.S. customs officials have intensified efforts to ferret out drugs at the border with Mexico--and International Consulting Engineers in Irvine is a $7.9-million beneficiary of the policy.

The company was chosen as architect and engineer of the new aircraft storage and administration facilities at Customs Service Surveillance Centers in San Diego and Corpus Christi, Tex. The facilities are expected to open by May, 1988.