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Ace Drilling & Excavation

The city has issued 53 of the 56 San Francisco building permits that name Ace Drilling & Excavation since 2018. The work is mostly residential, led by home remodels. Their median plan-review permit for home remodels took 9.1 months from filing to issue, about the same as the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Bernal Heights, Mission and Castro/Upper Market.

Also filed as
engineer
Issued by the city
53 of 56 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, home remodels
9.1 mo city median 8.9 mo
Rank for home remodels
No. 138 of 184 by home remodels issued
Overall rank
No. 214 of 226 contractors

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Ace Drilling & Excavation on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 28 home remodels, 13 apartments and multifamily, 5 ADUs.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

89% residential
11% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Home remodels Residential 26 of 28 issued 50% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 13 of 13 issued 23% of filings.
  3. ADUs Residential 4 of 5 issued 9% of filings.
  4. Home additions Residential 3 of 3 issued 5% of filings.
  5. Offices Commercial 3 of 3 issued 5% of filings.
  6. Restaurants and bars Commercial 3 of 3 issued 5% of filings.
  7. New homes Residential 1 of 1 issued 2% of filings.

Permits over time

Permits filed each year, drawn as a street with one building per year, and how many of all their permits the city has issued.

Busiest year
2018
15 permits filed
Latest filing
Aug 2026
95% of 56 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 15, 2019: 15, 2020: 10, 2021: 4, 2022: 2, 2023: 4, 2024: 2, 2025: 2, 2026: 2. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 2 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 53 of 56 permits filed

95%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

3 not issued as of October 20, 2026. Source: SF Department of Building Inspection permits via DataSF.

How fast their permits come through

Filing to issue for permits that went through plan review. Ace Drilling & Excavation has 16 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for home remodels, their most filed type, where 3,361 of 93,498 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Ace Drilling & Excavation, home remodels

9.1months

That is about the same as the citywide median for home remodels.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Ace Drilling & Excavation, home remodels: 9.1 months. San Francisco, home remodels: 8.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 5.0 to 15.6 months.
9.1 months for home remodels, faster than 43 of 92 other contractors ranked for home remodels that have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for home remodels. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for home remodels, 8.9 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 5.0 to 15.6 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 18+ months Terence Mcmahon Construction: 6.7 months Gil Construction & Assoc Inc.: 13.0 months Reliable Construction Inc: 10.8 months Prosper Construction Dev Inc.: 20.2 months Clayton Timbrell & Co: 13.7 months Mission Home Remodeling Inc: 12.8 months Yao Star Construction: 13.1 months R & D Construction Co Inc: 8.9 months Realty Builders Inc: 4.1 months Hong's General Construction Inc: 10.9 months Perez Construction Llc.: 3.2 months The Toboni Group: 7.5 months Actually Design Build Inc: 6.9 months Eastwood Development Incorporated: 6.9 months Jeff King And Company Inc: 10.2 months S F Garage Company Inc.: 15.9 months Saturn Construction Co: 11.1 months Bay C T Construction Inc.: 8.0 months Cej Construction Llc: 12.1 months Bay Build Design Inc: 12.5 months Planart Construction Corp: 8.2 months The Great Ocean General Contractor: 14.5 months O'shea Co. Home Grown Construction: 7.6 months Upscale Construction Inc.: 5.9 months Forma Construction: 5.3 months Thompson Suskind L P: 6.3 months Occidental Express: 16.1 months F C Company: 7.6 months Christopher Gate Construction Inc: 8.1 months Rozen Home Builders Inc: 9.0 months Outerlands Design Inc: 13.7 months Green City Construction Inc: 8.2 months G B U Construction Development: 22.9 months Cook Construction: 8.9 months Kalix Inc Dbalara Construction: 15.3 months Edenavow Construction & Design: 3.4 months Itu Construction: 16.0 months Zack De Vito Inc: 7.9 months Ashbury Gen Constructing & Eng: 11.5 months Flmc Development Corp Dba Adamo Campagna: 8.1 months Beyond The Horizon Construction: 17.0 months H & Bo Construction Inc.: 7.3 months Project Contractor Inc: 16.0 months Devlin/Mcnally Construction: 9.9 months North Bay Construction: 4.3 months Urban Builder General Contracting Inc: 15.8 months Cairn Construction: 4.9 months Norwood Construction: 18.6 months Blair Burke General Contractors Inc: 12.2 months Fma Builders: 10.2 months Ren Lei Construction Co: 8.4 months Design Line Construction: 6.1 months Citidev Inc.: 3.4 months Custom Construction Enterprises: 6.7 months Matarozzi/Pelsinger Builders Inc.: 6.3 months Wing Construction Co.: 5.8 months Aaron Gordon Construction Inc: 8.9 months Moroso Construction Inc: 4.5 months Redhorse Constructors Inc.: 6.9 months C H Burnham Inc: 9.9 months Bc United Construction Inc: 9.7 months Elliott Build Remodel Llc: 10.1 months Yefa Construction Inc: 13.2 months Hong Shink Construction: 3.9 months Ggd Inc.: 6.0 months Stonebridge Construction Inc: 6.3 months Sasso Construction Inc.: 9.1 months Doran Construction & Design: 17.0 months Citywest Construction Inc.: 12.8 months Parkin Construction Inc: 32.9 months Larkspur Builders Inc.: 6.1 months A L Martin Construction: 8.5 months Hungto Co Incorporation: 15.0 months Mrcc: 11.5 months Qse Construction: 12.8 months De Brus Construction Inc: 6.1 months Vonnegut Thoreau Construction: 12.6 months Pacific Engineering & Construction Inc.: 5.5 months Andrew Chekene Enterprises/ Dba Ac Enter: 42.6 months Macken Construction: 7.3 months Ams Construction: 28.4 months Mizen Construction Inc: 5.6 months Sunset Builders Llc.: 7.2 months A J O Group Build Inc: 10.1 months Modern Construction Inc: 13.1 months Blackline Construction: 4.6 months D K G Construction Inc: 2.8 months Sonoma Build Group Inc: 16.8 months Granite Excavation & Demolition Inc: 7.4 months Recon 360 Llc: 4.4 months Achill Beg Construction Inc: 13.8 months Amone Corp: 6.2 months Ace Drilling & Excavation 0 3 6 9 12 15 18+ months Terence Mcmahon Construction: 6.7 months Gil Construction & Assoc Inc.: 13.0 months Reliable Construction Inc: 10.8 months Prosper Construction Dev Inc.: 20.2 months Clayton Timbrell & Co: 13.7 months Mission Home Remodeling Inc: 12.8 months Yao Star Construction: 13.1 months R & D Construction Co Inc: 8.9 months Realty Builders Inc: 4.1 months Hong's General Construction Inc: 10.9 months Perez Construction Llc.: 3.2 months The Toboni Group: 7.5 months Actually Design Build Inc: 6.9 months Eastwood Development Incorporated: 6.9 months Jeff King And Company Inc: 10.2 months S F Garage Company Inc.: 15.9 months Saturn Construction Co: 11.1 months Bay C T Construction Inc.: 8.0 months Cej Construction Llc: 12.1 months Bay Build Design Inc: 12.5 months Planart Construction Corp: 8.2 months The Great Ocean General Contractor: 14.5 months O'shea Co. Home Grown Construction: 7.6 months Upscale Construction Inc.: 5.9 months Forma Construction: 5.3 months Thompson Suskind L P: 6.3 months Occidental Express: 16.1 months F C Company: 7.6 months Christopher Gate Construction Inc: 8.1 months Rozen Home Builders Inc: 9.0 months Outerlands Design Inc: 13.7 months Green City Construction Inc: 8.2 months G B U Construction Development: 22.9 months Cook Construction: 8.9 months Kalix Inc Dbalara Construction: 15.3 months Edenavow Construction & Design: 3.4 months Itu Construction: 16.0 months Zack De Vito Inc: 7.9 months Ashbury Gen Constructing & Eng: 11.5 months Flmc Development Corp Dba Adamo Campagna: 8.1 months Beyond The Horizon Construction: 17.0 months H & Bo Construction Inc.: 7.3 months Project Contractor Inc: 16.0 months Devlin/Mcnally Construction: 9.9 months North Bay Construction: 4.3 months Urban Builder General Contracting Inc: 15.8 months Cairn Construction: 4.9 months Norwood Construction: 18.6 months Blair Burke General Contractors Inc: 12.2 months Fma Builders: 10.2 months Ren Lei Construction Co: 8.4 months Design Line Construction: 6.1 months Citidev Inc.: 3.4 months Custom Construction Enterprises: 6.7 months Matarozzi/Pelsinger Builders Inc.: 6.3 months Wing Construction Co.: 5.8 months Aaron Gordon Construction Inc: 8.9 months Moroso Construction Inc: 4.5 months Redhorse Constructors Inc.: 6.9 months C H Burnham Inc: 9.9 months Bc United Construction Inc: 9.7 months Elliott Build Remodel Llc: 10.1 months Yefa Construction Inc: 13.2 months Hong Shink Construction: 3.9 months Ggd Inc.: 6.0 months Stonebridge Construction Inc: 6.3 months Sasso Construction Inc.: 9.1 months Doran Construction & Design: 17.0 months Citywest Construction Inc.: 12.8 months Parkin Construction Inc: 32.9 months Larkspur Builders Inc.: 6.1 months A L Martin Construction: 8.5 months Hungto Co Incorporation: 15.0 months Mrcc: 11.5 months Qse Construction: 12.8 months De Brus Construction Inc: 6.1 months Vonnegut Thoreau Construction: 12.6 months Pacific Engineering & Construction Inc.: 5.5 months Andrew Chekene Enterprises/ Dba Ac Enter: 42.6 months Macken Construction: 7.3 months Ams Construction: 28.4 months Mizen Construction Inc: 5.6 months Sunset Builders Llc.: 7.2 months A J O Group Build Inc: 10.1 months Modern Construction Inc: 13.1 months Blackline Construction: 4.6 months D K G Construction Inc: 2.8 months Sonoma Build Group Inc: 16.8 months Granite Excavation & Demolition Inc: 7.4 months Recon 360 Llc: 4.4 months Achill Beg Construction Inc: 13.8 months Amone Corp: 6.2 months Ace Drilling & Excavation

6 firms with medians over 18 months are drawn at the right edge.

Where they rank

Ranked by permits the city has issued since 2018, first across every project type, then for home remodels alone.

  1. 212 Bryan J. Valverde Co 53
  2. 213 Sf Twin Boys Corp. Dba Master Builders 53
  3. 214 Ace Drilling & Excavation 53
  4. 215 Narrowback Construction Co. 53
  5. 216 Bailey General Contracting Co Inc 53

All permits issued, 226 contractors Full ranking

  1. 136 Golden One Construction Inc 27
  2. 137 Sonoma Build Group Inc 27
  3. 138 Ace Drilling & Excavation 26
  4. 139 Granite Excavation & Demolition Inc 25
  5. 140 Sincere Construction Company Inc 24

Home remodels issued, 184 contractors

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Ace Drilling & Excavation files the most permits, and how many contractors count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Bernal Heights 21 contractors count Bernal Heights among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Mission 86 contractors count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Castro/Upper Market 45 contractors count Castro/Upper Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Noe Valley 55 contractors count Noe Valley among their busiest neighborhoods

Questions for the first call

  1. Which of your recent San Francisco permits are closest to my project in type, size and neighborhood, and can I see the permit numbers?
  2. How long did those permits take from filing to issue, and what did plan check send back?
  3. Who on your team draws the set, who stamps it, and who answers the city's comments?

Other contractors for home remodels

Firms ranked near Ace Drilling & Excavation by permits issued for home remodels.

  1. 135 Kilrea Construction Inc. 28 home remodels issued
  2. 136 Golden One Construction Inc 27 home remodels issued
  3. 137 Sonoma Build Group Inc 27 home remodels issued · 16.8 mo median for home remodels
  4. 139 Granite Excavation & Demolition Inc 25 home remodels issued · 7.4 mo median for home remodels
  5. 140 Sincere Construction Company Inc 24 home remodels issued
  6. 141 Doherty Restoration, Inc. 23 home remodels issued
Sheet
C-214 No. 214 of 226
Drawing
Permit record, Ace Drilling & Excavation
Contractor, San Francisco
License
889820 check with CSLB
Data as of
Oct 2026
Scale
Not to scale

Built only from public San Francisco Department of Building Inspection records (permits, permit contacts), updated 2026-10-20. It is not a review or an endorsement, and Ace Drilling & Excavation has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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