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Engineer, San Francisco License 28549

Nishkian Menninger

The city has issued 12 of the 13 San Francisco building permits that name Nishkian Menninger since 2018. The work is a mix of residential and commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 2.2 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, Mission and Mission Bay.

Also filed as
architect
Issued by the city
12 of 13 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
2.2 mo filing to issue

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Nishkian Menninger on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 7 offices, 4 apartments and multifamily, 1 home remodels.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

39% residential
62% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 7 of 7 issued 54% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 4 of 4 issued 31% of filings.
  3. Home remodels Residential 1 of 1 issued 8% of filings.
  4. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 0 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
2019
4 permits filed
Latest filing
Apr 2022
92% of 13 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 3, 2019: 4, 2020: 3, 2021: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 0, 2024: 0, 2025: 0, 2026: 0. 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: 12 of 13 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. Nishkian Menninger has 4 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.

Nishkian Menninger, all project types

2.2months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Nishkian Menninger, all project types: 2.2 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; Nishkian Menninger 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. 356 Aue 12
  2. 357 D H Charles 12
  3. 358 Nishkian Menninger 12
  4. 359 Urban Design Consulting Eng 12
  5. 360 Db Engineering 12

All permits issued, 1,146 engineers Full ranking

  1. 112 Eric William Karstetter 7
  2. 113 Ficcadenti Waggonen & Castle 7
  3. 114 Nishkian Menninger 7
  4. 115 J.W. Mcclenahan Co. 7
  5. 116 Brian Alan Haugk 7

Offices issued, 375 engineers

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Nishkian Menninger 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 Mission Bay 120 engineers count Mission Bay among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Inner Richmond 68 engineers count Inner Richmond 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?
Sheet
S-358 No. 358 of 1,146
Drawing
Permit record, Nishkian Menninger
Engineer, San Francisco
License
28549 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 Nishkian Menninger has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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