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Engineer, San Francisco License 5797

Imeg

The city has issued 36 of the 38 San Francisco building permits that name Imeg since 2018. The work is a mix of residential and commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 6.5 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Outer Richmond and Nob Hill.

Issued by the city
36 of 38 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
6.5 mo filing to issue
Rank for offices
No. 62 of 375 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 149 of 1,146 engineers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Imeg on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 16 offices, 13 apartments and multifamily, 5 home remodels.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

47% residential
53% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 15 of 16 issued 42% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 12 of 13 issued 34% of filings.
  3. Home remodels Residential 5 of 5 issued 13% of filings.
  4. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 3 of 3 issued 8% of filings.
  5. Retail and shops Commercial 1 of 1 issued 3% 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
2024
9 permits filed
Latest filing
Jul 2026
95% of 38 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 1, 2019: 3, 2020: 2, 2021: 1, 2022: 3, 2023: 5, 2024: 9, 2025: 8, 2026: 6. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 2 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 36 of 38 permits filed

95%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

2 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. Imeg has 14 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.

Imeg, all project types

6.5months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Imeg, all project types: 6.5 months. 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; Imeg 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+ 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. 147 Meece Engineering Inc. 36
  2. 148 Interface Engineering 36
  3. 149 Imeg 36
  4. 150 Benjamin Lai & Associates 36
  5. 151 Structural Designs 35

All permits issued, 1,146 engineers Full ranking

  1. 60 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger 15
  2. 61 Interface Engineering 15
  3. 62 Imeg 15
  4. 63 Southland Industries 15
  5. 64 Zfa Structural Engineers 14

Offices issued, 375 engineers

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Imeg 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 Outer Richmond 146 engineers count Outer Richmond among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Nob Hill 94 engineers count Nob Hill among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Pacific Heights 123 engineers count Pacific Heights 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 Imeg by permits issued for offices.

  1. 46 Syska Hennessy Group 20 offices issued
  2. 52 Bayside Mechanical 17 offices issued
  3. 60 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger 15 offices issued · 9.5 mo median for offices
  4. 64 Zfa Structural Engineers 14 offices issued · 11.7 mo median for offices
  5. 68 Kpff 13 offices issued · 8.1 mo median for offices
  6. 74 Flack + Lirtz 12 offices issued
Sheet
S-149 No. 149 of 1,146
Drawing
Permit record, Imeg
Engineer, San Francisco
License
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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 Imeg has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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