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Engineer, San Francisco License M38361

Alfatech

The city has issued 51 of the 52 San Francisco building permits that name Alfatech since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit for offices took 2.9 months from filing to issue, 25% faster than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Mission Bay and South of Market.

Also filed as
architect
Issued by the city
51 of 52 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, offices
2.9 mo city median 3.9 mo
Rank for offices
No. 27 of 375 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 114 of 1,146 engineers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Alfatech on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 46 offices, 2 apartments and multifamily, 2 restaurants and bars.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

4% residential
96% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 46 of 46 issued 88% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 2 of 2 issued 4% of filings.
  3. Restaurants and bars Commercial 2 of 2 issued 4% of filings.
  4. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 1 of 2 issued 4% 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
2019
8 permits filed
Latest filing
Aug 2026
98% of 52 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 4, 2019: 8, 2020: 5, 2021: 7, 2022: 7, 2023: 8, 2024: 2, 2025: 8, 2026: 3. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 1 permit; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 51 of 52 permits filed

98%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

1 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. Alfatech has 9 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for offices, their most filed type, where 1,360 of 26,216 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Alfatech, offices

2.9months

That is 25% faster than the citywide median for offices.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Alfatech, offices: 2.9 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
2.9 months for offices, faster than 36 of 40 other engineers ranked for offices that have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for offices. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for offices, 3.9 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 1.8 to 8.1 months.
0 3 6 9 12+ months Decker Electric: 3.6 months Ar&B, Inc.: 4.5 months Amit Wadhwa & Associates: 2.6 months Levi Abarte: 9.1 months A G E Consulting: 3.8 months Murphy Burr Curry Inc.: 3.5 months Glumac: 13.6 months Mhc Engineers: 8.4 months Rivera Consulting Group Inc: 3.5 months Randall Lamb Assoc: 6.6 months Allied Heating & Air Condition: 2.6 months Degenkolb Engineers: 2.5 months Acg Engineers Inc: 8.9 months Streamline Engineering: 6.8 months Pragmatic: 6.6 months Tipping Structural Engineers: 4.0 months Interlocity: 5.0 months Nabih Youssef Associats: 4.0 months Pae: 6.0 months Salas O'brien: 6.6 months Randall Lamb Engineers: 12.6 months Meyers+Engineers: 8.1 months Simpson Gumpertz & Heger: 9.5 months Zfa Structural Engineers: 11.7 months Kpff: 8.1 months Aj Miller And Associates: 3.3 months Gfds Engineers: 9.4 months Erwin O'toole: 4.7 months Sfdpw: 11.7 months Kris Johnson: 5.5 months Skidmoe Owings & Merrill: 4.6 months Bkf Engineers: 6.5 months Summit Engineering Inc: 7.5 months Mahmoud Maamouri: 3.7 months Edci Engineers: 9.4 months Cmt: 9.4 months Nexius Solutions Inc: 8.4 months Colebreit Engineeering: 9.4 months Arcadia Inc: 5.5 months Freyer And Laureta: 1.0 months Alfatech 0 3 6 9 12+ months Decker Electric: 3.6 months Ar&B, Inc.: 4.5 months Amit Wadhwa & Associates: 2.6 months Levi Abarte: 9.1 months A G E Consulting: 3.8 months Murphy Burr Curry Inc.: 3.5 months Glumac: 13.6 months Mhc Engineers: 8.4 months Rivera Consulting Group Inc: 3.5 months Randall Lamb Assoc: 6.6 months Allied Heating & Air Condition: 2.6 months Degenkolb Engineers: 2.5 months Acg Engineers Inc: 8.9 months Streamline Engineering: 6.8 months Pragmatic: 6.6 months Tipping Structural Engineers: 4.0 months Interlocity: 5.0 months Nabih Youssef Associats: 4.0 months Pae: 6.0 months Salas O'brien: 6.6 months Randall Lamb Engineers: 12.6 months Meyers+Engineers: 8.1 months Simpson Gumpertz & Heger: 9.5 months Zfa Structural Engineers: 11.7 months Kpff: 8.1 months Aj Miller And Associates: 3.3 months Gfds Engineers: 9.4 months Erwin O'toole: 4.7 months Sfdpw: 11.7 months Kris Johnson: 5.5 months Skidmoe Owings & Merrill: 4.6 months Bkf Engineers: 6.5 months Summit Engineering Inc: 7.5 months Mahmoud Maamouri: 3.7 months Edci Engineers: 9.4 months Cmt: 9.4 months Nexius Solutions Inc: 8.4 months Colebreit Engineeering: 9.4 months Arcadia Inc: 5.5 months Freyer And Laureta: 1.0 months Alfatech

2 firms with medians over 12 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 offices alone.

  1. 112 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger 51
  2. 113 Huf Structural Engineering 51
  3. 114 Alfatech 51
  4. 115 Bayside Mechanical 49
  5. 116 Exforma Design 48

All permits issued, 1,146 engineers Full ranking

  1. 25 Acg Engineers Inc 46
  2. 26 Streamline Engineering 46
  3. 27 Alfatech 46
  4. 28 Wsp 44
  5. 29 Capital Electric 41

Offices issued, 375 engineers

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Alfatech files the most permits, and how many engineers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Financial District/South Beach 386 engineers count Financial District/South Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Mission Bay 120 engineers count Mission Bay among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 South of Market 204 engineers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Tenderloin 107 engineers count Tenderloin 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 engineers for offices

Firms ranked near Alfatech by permits issued for offices.

  1. 24 Levi Malabuyo 47 offices issued
  2. 25 Acg Engineers Inc 46 offices issued · 8.9 mo median for offices
  3. 26 Streamline Engineering 46 offices issued · 6.8 mo median for offices
  4. 28 Wsp 44 offices issued
  5. 30 C & N Engineers, Inc. 40 offices issued
  6. 34 Interlocity 25 offices issued · 5.0 mo median for offices
Sheet
S-114 No. 114 of 1,146
Drawing
Permit record, Alfatech
Engineer, San Francisco
License
M38361 check with BPELSG
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 Alfatech has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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