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Harrell Kane S.E. Inc.

The city has issued 75 of the 81 San Francisco building permits that name Harrell Kane S.E. Inc. since 2018. The work is mostly residential, led by home remodels. Their median plan-review permit for home remodels took 10.0 months from filing to issue, 12% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Mission, South of Market and Lone Mountain/USF.

Also filed as
architect
Issued by the city
75 of 81 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, home remodels
10.0 mo city median 8.9 mo
Rank for home remodels
No. 67 of 491 by home remodels issued
Overall rank
No. 75 of 1,146 engineers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Harrell Kane S.E. Inc. on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 32 home remodels, 29 apartments and multifamily, 7 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

84% residential
16% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Home remodels Residential 32 of 32 issued 40% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 25 of 29 issued 36% of filings.
  3. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 7 of 7 issued 9% of filings.
  4. Retail and shops Commercial 4 of 4 issued 5% of filings.
  5. Home additions Residential 2 of 3 issued 4% of filings.
  6. New homes Residential 2 of 3 issued 4% of filings.
  7. Offices Commercial 2 of 2 issued 2% of filings.
  8. 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
19 permits filed
Latest filing
Aug 2025
93% of 81 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 7, 2019: 19, 2020: 10, 2021: 9, 2022: 15, 2023: 10, 2024: 6, 2025: 5, 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: 75 of 81 permits filed

93%

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. Harrell Kane S.E. Inc. has 15 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for home remodels, their most filed type, where 3,361 of 93,498 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Harrell Kane S.E. Inc., home remodels

10.0months

That is 12% slower than the citywide median for home remodels.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Harrell Kane S.E. Inc., home remodels: 10.0 months. San Francisco, home remodels: 8.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 5.0 to 15.6 months.
10.0 months for home remodels, faster than 30 of 93 other engineers ranked for home remodels that have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for home remodels. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for home remodels, 8.9 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 5.0 to 15.6 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 18+ months Ecr Engineering: 13.8 months Double D Engineering: 9.8 months Hom & Pisano Engineering Inc.: 6.8 months Enertia Designs: 9.8 months Lawrence Liao Str. Eng: 6.5 months Atrium Structural Engineer: 5.8 months Ice Design Inc.: 11.0 months Kevin O'connor Inc.: 6.7 months Altos Engineering: 14.8 months Innovative Const: 15.5 months Rs Engineering: 14.1 months Design Everest Consulting: 8.1 months Semco Engineering Inc.: 6.8 months Base Design: 8.6 months Jingbo Yang: 7.8 months Design Consultants Group, Inc: 11.1 months Zfa Structural Engineers: 7.1 months Doug Lee: 9.0 months One Design: 12.6 months Yuflux Engineering Llc.: 8.3 months Horn Lee: 8.2 months Erwin O'toole: 5.3 months Ftf Engineering Inc.: 6.9 months Inncon Design: 18.0 months Mercury Engineering Group: 18.5 months Ashley & Vance Engineering: 6.7 months Dwong Engineering Inc.: 10.9 months Himmati Engineering Inc.: 6.0 months Strandberg Engineering: 9.0 months Holmes Culley: 5.8 months Sia Consulting Corp: 15.9 months Ny Engineering Consulting: 9.4 months William Liang: 3.7 months Gfds Engineers: 5.7 months Q Architecture: 14.7 months L Wong Engineering: 8.8 months Framework Engineering: 6.3 months A & J Design Associates Inc.: 6.9 months Gregory Paul Wallace Struct: 14.0 months Massoudi Consulting Engineer: 8.4 months Ca Voong: 6.4 months Hcg Associates, Inc.: 9.0 months Mosswood Engineering: 11.1 months Puns And Assoc: 10.3 months Jian Huang: 9.2 months Az Design & Engineering Inc: 16.0 months Wmstructural: 8.4 months Julia Y. Chen Design Inc.: 18.1 months Bkg Structural Engineers: 4.2 months Pat Buscovich: 7.4 months Michael Metiu Design Studio: 6.2 months David Yadegar, Pe: 5.0 months Thomas Podesta Engineer: 10.9 months Exforma Design: 11.4 months Lx Engineering: 8.8 months Jon Brody Structural Engineers: 6.8 months Dolmen Structural Engineer: 4.8 months Duane Tran: 8.6 months Ekw Engineering: 9.7 months Tsa Structural Engineers: 12.5 months Integrand Structural Engineer: 10.3 months Kris Johnson: 5.2 months Meece Engineering Inc.: 7.3 months Eas Designers: 4.4 months Benjamin Lai & Associates: 13.7 months Halterman Engineering: 3.1 months Ma Engineering: 8.9 months Patrick Donato: 9.4 months Murphy Burr Curry Inc.: 6.2 months W.H. Consultant Inc.: 7.0 months Ladc Engineering Inc: 4.9 months Bahman Ghassenmzadeh: 11.9 months Duquette Engineering: 8.5 months Seri Ngerwattana, Pe: 7.4 months Smithworks Engineering: 7.6 months Holmes: 4.5 months Tangobuilder: 7.1 months Hahbach-Lewin Inc: 10.8 months Lea & Braze Engineering, Inc: 5.3 months Powell And Associates: 5.9 months Double D Enginneering, Inc: 13.6 months W.H.Yang Structural Engr: 9.2 months St Onge & Assoc.: 7.1 months Pivot: 15.6 months Townsend Brown: 15.6 months Monterey Energy Group: 5.4 months Emc2 Structural Design Inc.: 15.3 months Qi Structural Engineering: 10.6 months Spi Consulting Engineers, Inc.: 4.0 months Prostruct Engineering: 20.8 months Dago De La Rosa: 7.2 months Engineering 350: 6.2 months Romig Engineers: 1.9 months Harrell Kane S.E. Inc. 0 3 6 9 12 15 18+ months Ecr Engineering: 13.8 months Double D Engineering: 9.8 months Hom & Pisano Engineering Inc.: 6.8 months Enertia Designs: 9.8 months Lawrence Liao Str. Eng: 6.5 months Atrium Structural Engineer: 5.8 months Ice Design Inc.: 11.0 months Kevin O'connor Inc.: 6.7 months Altos Engineering: 14.8 months Innovative Const: 15.5 months Rs Engineering: 14.1 months Design Everest Consulting: 8.1 months Semco Engineering Inc.: 6.8 months Base Design: 8.6 months Jingbo Yang: 7.8 months Design Consultants Group, Inc: 11.1 months Zfa Structural Engineers: 7.1 months Doug Lee: 9.0 months One Design: 12.6 months Yuflux Engineering Llc.: 8.3 months Horn Lee: 8.2 months Erwin O'toole: 5.3 months Ftf Engineering Inc.: 6.9 months Inncon Design: 18.0 months Mercury Engineering Group: 18.5 months Ashley & Vance Engineering: 6.7 months Dwong Engineering Inc.: 10.9 months Himmati Engineering Inc.: 6.0 months Strandberg Engineering: 9.0 months Holmes Culley: 5.8 months Sia Consulting Corp: 15.9 months Ny Engineering Consulting: 9.4 months William Liang: 3.7 months Gfds Engineers: 5.7 months Q Architecture: 14.7 months L Wong Engineering: 8.8 months Framework Engineering: 6.3 months A & J Design Associates Inc.: 6.9 months Gregory Paul Wallace Struct: 14.0 months Massoudi Consulting Engineer: 8.4 months Ca Voong: 6.4 months Hcg Associates, Inc.: 9.0 months Mosswood Engineering: 11.1 months Puns And Assoc: 10.3 months Jian Huang: 9.2 months Az Design & Engineering Inc: 16.0 months Wmstructural: 8.4 months Julia Y. Chen Design Inc.: 18.1 months Bkg Structural Engineers: 4.2 months Pat Buscovich: 7.4 months Michael Metiu Design Studio: 6.2 months David Yadegar, Pe: 5.0 months Thomas Podesta Engineer: 10.9 months Exforma Design: 11.4 months Lx Engineering: 8.8 months Jon Brody Structural Engineers: 6.8 months Dolmen Structural Engineer: 4.8 months Duane Tran: 8.6 months Ekw Engineering: 9.7 months Tsa Structural Engineers: 12.5 months Integrand Structural Engineer: 10.3 months Kris Johnson: 5.2 months Meece Engineering Inc.: 7.3 months Eas Designers: 4.4 months Benjamin Lai & Associates: 13.7 months Halterman Engineering: 3.1 months Ma Engineering: 8.9 months Patrick Donato: 9.4 months Murphy Burr Curry Inc.: 6.2 months W.H. Consultant Inc.: 7.0 months Ladc Engineering Inc: 4.9 months Bahman Ghassenmzadeh: 11.9 months Duquette Engineering: 8.5 months Seri Ngerwattana, Pe: 7.4 months Smithworks Engineering: 7.6 months Holmes: 4.5 months Tangobuilder: 7.1 months Hahbach-Lewin Inc: 10.8 months Lea & Braze Engineering, Inc: 5.3 months Powell And Associates: 5.9 months Double D Enginneering, Inc: 13.6 months W.H.Yang Structural Engr: 9.2 months St Onge & Assoc.: 7.1 months Pivot: 15.6 months Townsend Brown: 15.6 months Monterey Energy Group: 5.4 months Emc2 Structural Design Inc.: 15.3 months Qi Structural Engineering: 10.6 months Spi Consulting Engineers, Inc.: 4.0 months Prostruct Engineering: 20.8 months Dago De La Rosa: 7.2 months Engineering 350: 6.2 months Romig Engineers: 1.9 months Harrell Kane S.E. Inc.

4 firms with medians over 18 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 home remodels alone.

  1. 73 Puns And Assoc 78
  2. 74 Az Design & Engineering Inc 76
  3. 75 Harrell Kane S.E. Inc. 75
  4. 76 Interlocity 75
  5. 77 Wmstructural 74

All permits issued, 1,146 engineers Full ranking

  1. 65 Innovative Design Engineering 33
  2. 66 Michael Metiu Design Studio 33
  3. 67 Harrell Kane S.E. Inc. 32
  4. 68 David Yadegar, Pe 32
  5. 69 Huf Structural Engineering 32

Home remodels issued, 491 engineers

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Harrell Kane S.E. Inc. files the most permits, and how many engineers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Mission 298 engineers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 South of Market 204 engineers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Lone Mountain/USF 47 engineers count Lone Mountain/USF among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 West of Twin Peaks 234 engineers count West of Twin Peaks 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 home remodels

Firms ranked near Harrell Kane S.E. Inc. by permits issued for home remodels.

  1. 64 Kbcce 33 home remodels issued
  2. 65 Innovative Design Engineering 33 home remodels issued
  3. 66 Michael Metiu Design Studio 33 home remodels issued · 6.2 mo median for home remodels
  4. 68 David Yadegar, Pe 32 home remodels issued · 5.0 mo median for home remodels
  5. 69 Huf Structural Engineering 32 home remodels issued
  6. 70 Thomas Podesta Engineer 31 home remodels issued · 10.9 mo median for home remodels
Sheet
S-075 No. 75 of 1,146
Drawing
Permit record, Harrell Kane S.E. Inc.
Engineer, San Francisco
License
S5278 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 Harrell Kane S.E. Inc. has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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