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Engineer, San Francisco License 4947

Kpw Structural Engineers, Inc

The city has issued 11 of the 12 San Francisco building permits that name Kpw Structural Engineers, Inc since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by retail and shops. Their busiest neighborhoods are Western Addition, Mission Bay and Inner Sunset.

Issued by the city
11 of 12 filed since 2018
Rank for retail and shops
No. 50 of 143 by retail and shops issued
Overall rank
No. 378 of 1,146 engineers
Commercial share
83% last filing Sep 2026

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Kpw Structural Engineers, Inc on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 5 retail and shops, 4 offices, 2 home remodels.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

17% residential
83% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Retail and shops Commercial 4 of 5 issued 42% of filings.
  2. Offices Commercial 4 of 4 issued 33% of filings.
  3. Home remodels Residential 2 of 2 issued 17% of filings.
  4. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 1 of 1 issued 8% 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
2021
2 permits filed
Latest filing
Sep 2026
92% of 12 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 2, 2026: 1. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

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 12 permits filed

92%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

1 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. Kpw Structural Engineers, Inc has 2 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for retail and shops, their most filed type, where 366 of 4,253 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, retail and shops: 5.7 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.1 to 10.2 months.
7 other engineers ranked for retail and shops have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for retail and shops. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for retail and shops, 5.7 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 3.1 to 10.2 months.
0 3 6 9 12 months Acies Engineering: 4.5 months Mhc Engineers: 2.1 months Tim O'sullivan Structural Eng: 6.4 months Mk Engineers Inc.: 9.2 months Kpff: 8.1 months P2eg: 5.4 months Base Design: 10.6 months 0 3 6 9 12 months Acies Engineering: 4.5 months Mhc Engineers: 2.1 months Tim O'sullivan Structural Eng: 6.4 months Mk Engineers Inc.: 9.2 months Kpff: 8.1 months P2eg: 5.4 months Base Design: 10.6 months

Where they rank

Ranked by permits the city has issued since 2018, first across every project type, then for retail and shops alone.

  1. 376 Amz Enginering 11
  2. 377 Coffman Engineers 11
  3. 378 Kpw Structural Engineers, Inc 11
  4. 379 Mazzetti 11
  5. 380 Monarch Engineering 11

All permits issued, 1,146 engineers Full ranking

  1. 48 Environmental Systems Design 4
  2. 49 Rmj & Associates 4
  3. 50 Kpw Structural Engineers, Inc 4
  4. 51 Tes Engineering 4
  5. 52 Jaison Moras 4

Retail and shops issued, 143 engineers

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Kpw Structural Engineers, Inc files the most permits, and how many engineers count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Western Addition 54 engineers count Western Addition among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 Mission Bay 120 engineers count Mission Bay among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Inner Sunset 93 engineers count Inner Sunset among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Lakeshore 31 engineers count Lakeshore 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 retail and shops

Firms ranked near Kpw Structural Engineers, Inc by permits issued for retail and shops.

  1. 45 Jian Huang 4 retail and shops issued
  2. 46 Thomas Podesta Engineer 4 retail and shops issued
  3. 47 Dicksen Engineers 4 retail and shops issued
  4. 53 Hom & Pisano Engineering Inc. 3 retail and shops issued
  5. 54 Amit Wadhwa & Associates 3 retail and shops issued
  6. 55 Innovative Mechanical 3 retail and shops issued
Sheet
S-378 No. 378 of 1,146
Drawing
Permit record, Kpw Structural Engineers, Inc
Engineer, San Francisco
License
4947 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 Kpw Structural Engineers, Inc has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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