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Architect, San Mateo License C32363

Constructive Solutions

The city has issued 130 of the 158 San Francisco building permits that name Constructive Solutions since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 18.1 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Sunset/Parkside and South of Market.

Also filed as
contractor, designer, engineer, permit expediter
Issued by the city
130 of 158 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
18.1 mo filing to issue
Rank for offices
No. 18 of 372 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 36 of 1,543 architects and designers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Constructive Solutions on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 63 offices, 24 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 22 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

27% residential
73% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 59 of 63 issued 40% of filings.
  2. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 20 of 24 issued 15% of filings.
  3. Apartments and multifamily Residential 17 of 22 issued 14% of filings.
  4. Restaurants and bars Commercial 13 of 19 issued 12% of filings.
  5. Home remodels Residential 11 of 18 issued 11% of filings.
  6. Retail and shops Commercial 7 of 9 issued 6% of filings.
  7. ADUs Residential 3 of 3 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
2025
32 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2026
82% of 158 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 8, 2019: 26, 2020: 15, 2021: 17, 2022: 13, 2023: 18, 2024: 11, 2025: 32, 2026: 18. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 5 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 130 of 158 permits filed

82%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

28 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. Constructive Solutions 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.

Constructive Solutions, all project types

18.1months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Constructive Solutions, all project types: 18.1 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
45 other architects and designers ranked for offices have a median for it; Constructive Solutions has fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits for offices with usable dates 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 15+ months Revel Architecture & Design: 4.9 months Huntsman: 6.6 months Gensler: 5.4 months Rmw: 3.5 months Asd | Sky: 2.6 months Brereton Architects: 3.4 months Forge Architecture: 8.2 months Smith Group: 2.7 months Studios Architecture: 7.2 months Costa Brown Architecture: 12.1 months Ia Interior Architects: 7.7 months Rapt Studio: 9.6 months Som: 2.4 months Msa Architecture+Design: 5.0 months Perkins & Will: 5.1 months Tmda: 2.6 months Woods Bagot: 4.2 months Maccracken Architects: 19.3 months Dowler Gruman Architects: 6.5 months Hok: 4.9 months Gensler Architect: 5.9 months Quezada Architecture Inc: 6.4 months Mbh Architects: 14.7 months Michael Castro: 5.5 months Tef Design: 13.6 months Wrns Studio: 8.1 months Russell + Lopes Architects: 7.5 months Vocon: 5.1 months Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: 10.3 months Mbh: 3.7 months Shubin Donaldson: 5.4 months Polytech Assoicates: 2.5 months Mithun: 4.3 months Archtectural Resources Group: 4.1 months Brick: 4.6 months Ssdp: 5.2 months Studio Architecture: 14.9 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 8.5 months Red Cloud Wireless: 5.5 months Stantec Architecture Inc.: 18.6 months Pacific Das: 2.3 months Natoma Architects Inc.: 10.3 months Atelier 424: 2.6 months Studio Gang Architects: 2.9 months Owow Design: 4.3 months 0 3 6 9 12 15+ months Revel Architecture & Design: 4.9 months Huntsman: 6.6 months Gensler: 5.4 months Rmw: 3.5 months Asd | Sky: 2.6 months Brereton Architects: 3.4 months Forge Architecture: 8.2 months Smith Group: 2.7 months Studios Architecture: 7.2 months Costa Brown Architecture: 12.1 months Ia Interior Architects: 7.7 months Rapt Studio: 9.6 months Som: 2.4 months Msa Architecture+Design: 5.0 months Perkins & Will: 5.1 months Tmda: 2.6 months Woods Bagot: 4.2 months Maccracken Architects: 19.3 months Dowler Gruman Architects: 6.5 months Hok: 4.9 months Gensler Architect: 5.9 months Quezada Architecture Inc: 6.4 months Mbh Architects: 14.7 months Michael Castro: 5.5 months Tef Design: 13.6 months Wrns Studio: 8.1 months Russell + Lopes Architects: 7.5 months Vocon: 5.1 months Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: 10.3 months Mbh: 3.7 months Shubin Donaldson: 5.4 months Polytech Assoicates: 2.5 months Mithun: 4.3 months Archtectural Resources Group: 4.1 months Brick: 4.6 months Ssdp: 5.2 months Studio Architecture: 14.9 months Page & Turnbull, Inc.: 8.5 months Red Cloud Wireless: 5.5 months Stantec Architecture Inc.: 18.6 months Pacific Das: 2.3 months Natoma Architects Inc.: 10.3 months Atelier 424: 2.6 months Studio Gang Architects: 2.9 months Owow Design: 4.3 months

2 firms with medians over 15 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. 34 Basis Architecture 134
  2. 35 Costa Brown Architecture 132
  3. 36 Constructive Solutions 130
  4. 37 Aaron Lim Design 123
  5. 38 Five Design 122

All permits issued, 1,543 architects and designers Full ranking

  1. 16 Rapt Studio 69
  2. 17 Som 61
  3. 18 Constructive Solutions 59
  4. 19 Msa Architecture+Design 59
  5. 20 Uesugi & Associates 58

Offices issued, 372 architects and designers Offices ranking

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Constructive Solutions files the most permits, and how many architects and designers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Financial District/South Beach 386 architects and designers count Financial District/South Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Sunset/Parkside 280 architects and designers count Sunset/Parkside among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 South of Market 216 architects and designers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Mission 381 architects and designers count Mission 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 architects and designers for offices

Firms ranked near Constructive Solutions by permits issued for offices.

  1. 15 Fennie & Mehl Architects 70 offices issued
  2. 16 Rapt Studio 69 offices issued · 9.6 mo median for offices
  3. 17 Som 61 offices issued · 2.4 mo median for offices
  4. 19 Msa Architecture+Design 59 offices issued · 5.0 mo median for offices
  5. 20 Uesugi & Associates 58 offices issued
  6. 21 Ware Malcomb 57 offices issued

See all 372 architects and designers ranked for offices

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Drawing
Permit record, Constructive Solutions
Architect, San Mateo
License
C32363 check with CAB
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 Constructive Solutions has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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