Engineer, San Francisco License S4508
Forell
The city has issued 11 of the 11 San Francisco building permits that name Forell since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their busiest neighborhoods are Potrero Hill, Bayview Hunters Point and West of Twin Peaks.
- Issued by the city
- 11 of 11 filed since 2018
- Rank for offices
- No. 101 of 375 by offices issued
- Overall rank
- No. 386 of 1,146 engineers
- Commercial share
- 82% last filing Jun 2026
What they work on
Every San Francisco building permit with Forell on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 8 offices, 2 home remodels, 1 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.
Residential and commercial, by permits filed
- Offices Commercial 8 of 8 issued 73% of filings.
- Home remodels Residential 2 of 2 issued 18% of filings.
- Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 1 of 1 issued 9% 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
- 4 permits filed
- Latest filing
- Jun 2026
- 100% of 11 issued
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: 11 of 11 permits filed
All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data
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. Forell has 0 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.
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.
- 384 Ajmani & Pamidi Inc. 11
- 385 Anderson & Rowe & Buckey 11
- 386 Forell 11
- 387 Gmep Engineers, Inc. 11
- 388 J.W. Mcclenahan Co. 11
All permits issued, 1,146 engineers Full ranking
- 99 Turley & Associates 8
- 100 Mazzetti 8
- 101 Forell 8
- 102 Douglas Forslund 8
- 103 Certified Mechanical Inc. 8
Offices issued, 375 engineers
Where they work
The neighborhoods where Forell files the most permits, and how many engineers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.
- 01 Potrero Hill 93 engineers count Potrero Hill among their busiest neighborhoods
- 02 Bayview Hunters Point 149 engineers count Bayview Hunters Point among their busiest neighborhoods
- 03 West of Twin Peaks 234 engineers count West of Twin Peaks among their busiest neighborhoods
- 04 Presidio Heights 55 engineers count Presidio Heights among their busiest neighborhoods
Questions for the first call
- Which of your recent San Francisco permits are closest to my project in type, size and neighborhood, and can I see the permit numbers?
- How long did those permits take from filing to issue, and what did plan check send back?
- Who on your team draws the set, who stamps it, and who answers the city's comments?
Other engineers for offices
Firms ranked near Forell by permits issued for offices.
- Sheet
- S-386 No. 386 of 1,146
- Drawing
- Permit record, Forell
- Engineer, San Francisco
- License
- S4508 check with BPELSG
- Source
- San Francisco DBI building permits, since 2018
- 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 Forell has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.
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