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Engineer, San Francisco License M30894

Amit Wadhwa & Associates

The city has issued 313 of the 329 San Francisco building permits that name Amit Wadhwa & Associates since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit for offices took 2.6 months from filing to issue, 34% faster than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Chinatown and South of Market.

Also filed as
architect
Issued by the city
313 of 329 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, offices
2.6 mo city median 3.9 mo
Rank for offices
No. 3 of 375 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 16 of 1,146 engineers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Amit Wadhwa & Associates on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 314 offices, 7 apartments and multifamily, 4 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

2% residential
98% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 298 of 314 issued 95% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 7 of 7 issued 2% of filings.
  3. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 4 of 4 issued 1% of filings.
  4. Retail and shops Commercial 3 of 3 issued 1% of filings.
  5. Restaurants and bars Commercial 1 of 1 issued <1% 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
2022
62 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2026
95% of 329 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 23, 2019: 25, 2020: 20, 2021: 39, 2022: 62, 2023: 30, 2024: 31, 2025: 54, 2026: 45. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 10 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 313 of 329 permits filed

95%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

16 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. Amit Wadhwa & Associates has 13 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.

Amit Wadhwa & Associates, offices

2.6months

That is 34% faster than the citywide median for offices.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Amit Wadhwa & Associates, offices: 2.6 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
2.6 months for offices, faster than 38 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 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 Alfatech: 2.9 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 Amit Wadhwa & Associates 0 3 6 9 12+ months Decker Electric: 3.6 months Ar&B, Inc.: 4.5 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 Alfatech: 2.9 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 Amit Wadhwa & Associates

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. 14 Kevin O'connor Inc. 390
  2. 15 Dwong Engineering Inc. 381
  3. 16 Amit Wadhwa & Associates 313
  4. 17 Ajp Associants Inc 290
  5. 18 Mercury Engineering Group 288

All permits issued, 1,146 engineers Full ranking

  1. 1 Decker Electric 401
  2. 2 Ar&B, Inc. 365
  3. 3 Amit Wadhwa & Associates 298
  4. 4 Ajp Associants Inc 258
  5. 5 Levi Abarte 195

Offices issued, 375 engineers

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Amit Wadhwa & Associates 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 Chinatown 113 engineers count Chinatown among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 South of Market 204 engineers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Mission Bay 120 engineers count Mission Bay 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 Amit Wadhwa & Associates by permits issued for offices.

  1. 1 Decker Electric 401 offices issued · 3.6 mo median for offices
  2. 2 Ar&B, Inc. 365 offices issued · 4.5 mo median for offices
  3. 4 Ajp Associants Inc 258 offices issued
  4. 5 Levi Abarte 195 offices issued · 9.1 mo median for offices
  5. 6 Innovative Mechanical 163 offices issued
  6. 7 Acco Engineering Systems 144 offices issued
Sheet
S-016 No. 16 of 1,146
Drawing
Permit record, Amit Wadhwa & Associates
Engineer, San Francisco
License
M30894 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 Amit Wadhwa & Associates has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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