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Engineer, Novato License 294

Donald D. Dammen, P.E.

The city has issued 140 of the 146 San Francisco building permits that name Donald D. Dammen, P.E. since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Mission and Chinatown.

Also filed as
designer, permit expediter
Issued by the city
140 of 146 filed since 2018
Rank for offices
No. 12 of 375 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 46 of 1,146 engineers
Commercial share
71% last filing Dec 2025

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Donald D. Dammen, P.E. on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 94 offices, 27 apartments and multifamily, 15 home remodels.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

30% residential
71% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 91 of 94 issued 64% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 25 of 27 issued 18% of filings.
  3. Home remodels Residential 14 of 15 issued 10% of filings.
  4. Restaurants and bars Commercial 4 of 4 issued 3% of filings.
  5. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 3 of 3 issued 2% of filings.
  6. Retail and shops Commercial 2 of 2 issued 1% of filings.
  7. ADUs Residential 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
2019
40 permits filed
Latest filing
Dec 2025
96% of 146 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 29, 2019: 40, 2020: 14, 2021: 22, 2022: 17, 2023: 16, 2024: 4, 2025: 4, 2026: 0. 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: 140 of 146 permits filed

96%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

6 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. Donald D. Dammen, P.E. has 2 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.

No median yet: fewer than 3 issued plan-review permits with usable dates.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
41 other engineers ranked for offices 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 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 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 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

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. 44 Himmati Engineering Inc. 144
  2. 45 Degenkolb Engineers 143
  3. 46 Donald D. Dammen, P.E. 140
  4. 47 Acg Engineers Inc 137
  5. 48 Inncon Design 137

All permits issued, 1,146 engineers Full ranking

  1. 10 Acco Enginneered Sys 98
  2. 11 A G E Consulting 95
  3. 12 Donald D. Dammen, P.E. 91
  4. 13 Murphy Burr Curry Inc. 84
  5. 14 Glumac 81

Offices issued, 375 engineers

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Donald D. Dammen, P.E. 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 298 engineers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Chinatown 113 engineers count Chinatown among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 South of Market 204 engineers count South of Market 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 Donald D. Dammen, P.E. by permits issued for offices.

  1. 9 C B F Inc 125 offices issued
  2. 10 Acco Enginneered Sys 98 offices issued
  3. 11 A G E Consulting 95 offices issued · 3.8 mo median for offices
  4. 13 Murphy Burr Curry Inc. 84 offices issued · 3.5 mo median for offices
  5. 14 Glumac 81 offices issued · 13.6 mo median for offices
  6. 15 Mhc Engineers 80 offices issued · 8.4 mo median for offices
Sheet
S-046 No. 46 of 1,146
Drawing
Permit record, Donald D. Dammen, P.E.
Engineer, Novato
License
294 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 Donald D. Dammen, P.E. has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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