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Contractor, Menlo Park License 791022

Novo Construction Inc

The city has issued 1,100 of the 1,131 San Francisco building permits that name Novo Construction Inc since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit for offices took 5.1 months from filing to issue, 31% slower than the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, South of Market and Mission Bay.

Also filed as
designer, permit expediter
Issued by the city
1,100 of 1,131 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, offices
5.1 mo city median 3.9 mo
Rank for offices
No. 1 of 94 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 2 of 226 contractors

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Novo Construction Inc on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 1,075 offices, 28 apartments and multifamily, 12 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

3% residential
98% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 1,046 of 1,075 issued 95% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 27 of 28 issued 2% of filings.
  3. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 11 of 12 issued 1% of filings.
  4. Retail and shops Commercial 11 of 11 issued 1% of filings.
  5. Restaurants and bars Commercial 5 of 5 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
2018
218 permits filed
Latest filing
Oct 2026
97% of 1,131 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 218, 2019: 168, 2020: 76, 2021: 93, 2022: 143, 2023: 115, 2024: 89, 2025: 114, 2026: 115. The 2026 figure runs through October 20, 2026.

One building per year, its height the permits filed. Each floor line marks 50 permits; the 2026 building is dashed because it counts permits filed through October 20, 2026.

Issued by the city: 1,100 of 1,131 permits filed

97%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

31 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. Novo Construction Inc has 16 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.

Novo Construction Inc, offices

5.1months

That is 31% slower than the citywide median for offices.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Novo Construction Inc, offices: 5.1 months. San Francisco, offices: 3.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 1.8 to 8.1 months.
5.1 months for offices, faster than 13 of 35 other contractors ranked for offices that have a median for it 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+ months Skyline Construction: 5.3 months Bcci Construction Company: 5.1 months Gci, Inc: 5.5 months Peacock Construction: 10.9 months Bilcor Inc: 1.4 months Principal Builders Inc.: 4.7 months Hathaway Dinwiddie Co.: 4.4 months Field Construction Inc.: 4.2 months Sabah International Incorporated: 1.4 months Richlen Construction: 5.3 months Pribuss Engineering Inc: 1.3 months Dpr Construction: 7.6 months Swinerton Builders: 3.4 months Dome Construction Corp: 6.2 months Convergint Technologies Llc: 3.8 months Truebeck Construction: 4.0 months Plant Construction Co, Lp: 4.2 months Bevilacqua & Sons: 2.6 months Rossi Builders Inc.: 5.5 months Webcor Construction Lp: 3.9 months Clune Construction Company L P: 4.3 months Turner Construction Co: 6.1 months Intelligent Technologies & Services Inc: 1.1 months Mastec Network Solutions Inc: 5.1 months Build Group Inc.: 4.8 months Charles Pankow Builders Ltd: 3.5 months Brennan Strong Hold Construction Inc: 5.6 months Level 10 Construction Lp: 5.7 months Nibbi Bros Assoc Inc.: 5.1 months Granite Excavation & Demolition Inc: 11.5 months Ewsf Inc.: 2.4 months Cahill Contractors Llc.: 3.6 months Bobcomm Llc Dba Pacific Das Llc.: 3.3 months Zack De Vito Inc: 12.3 months Clear Channel Outdoor Llc: 2.6 months Novo Construction Inc 0 3 6 9+ months Skyline Construction: 5.3 months Bcci Construction Company: 5.1 months Gci, Inc: 5.5 months Peacock Construction: 10.9 months Bilcor Inc: 1.4 months Principal Builders Inc.: 4.7 months Hathaway Dinwiddie Co.: 4.4 months Field Construction Inc.: 4.2 months Sabah International Incorporated: 1.4 months Richlen Construction: 5.3 months Pribuss Engineering Inc: 1.3 months Dpr Construction: 7.6 months Swinerton Builders: 3.4 months Dome Construction Corp: 6.2 months Convergint Technologies Llc: 3.8 months Truebeck Construction: 4.0 months Plant Construction Co, Lp: 4.2 months Bevilacqua & Sons: 2.6 months Rossi Builders Inc.: 5.5 months Webcor Construction Lp: 3.9 months Clune Construction Company L P: 4.3 months Turner Construction Co: 6.1 months Intelligent Technologies & Services Inc: 1.1 months Mastec Network Solutions Inc: 5.1 months Build Group Inc.: 4.8 months Charles Pankow Builders Ltd: 3.5 months Brennan Strong Hold Construction Inc: 5.6 months Level 10 Construction Lp: 5.7 months Nibbi Bros Assoc Inc.: 5.1 months Granite Excavation & Demolition Inc: 11.5 months Ewsf Inc.: 2.4 months Cahill Contractors Llc.: 3.6 months Bobcomm Llc Dba Pacific Das Llc.: 3.3 months Zack De Vito Inc: 12.3 months Clear Channel Outdoor Llc: 2.6 months Novo Construction Inc

3 firms with medians over 9 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. 1 Skyline Construction 1,110
  2. 2 Novo Construction Inc 1,100
  3. 3 Bcci Construction Company 1,016
  4. 4 Gci, Inc 1,000
  5. 5 Regency General Contractors Inc 885

All permits issued, 226 contractors Full ranking

  1. 1 Novo Construction Inc 1,046
  2. 2 Skyline Construction 987
  3. 3 Bcci Construction Company 922
  4. 4 Gci, Inc 879
  5. 5 Peacock Construction 612

Offices issued, 94 contractors

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Novo Construction Inc files the most permits, and how many contractors count each one among their top 4 neighborhoods.

  1. 01 Financial District/South Beach 49 contractors count Financial District/South Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 South of Market 35 contractors count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Mission Bay 24 contractors count Mission Bay among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Chinatown 27 contractors count Chinatown 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 contractors for offices

Firms ranked near Novo Construction Inc by permits issued for offices.

  1. 2 Skyline Construction 987 offices issued · 5.3 mo median for offices
  2. 3 Bcci Construction Company 922 offices issued · 5.1 mo median for offices
  3. 4 Gci, Inc 879 offices issued · 5.5 mo median for offices
  4. 5 Peacock Construction 612 offices issued · 10.9 mo median for offices
  5. 6 Bilcor Inc 602 offices issued · 1.4 mo median for offices
  6. 7 Principal Builders Inc. 587 offices issued · 4.7 mo median for offices
Sheet
C-002 No. 2 of 226
Drawing
Permit record, Novo Construction Inc
Contractor, Menlo Park
License
791022 check with CSLB
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 Novo Construction Inc has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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