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Engineer, Sam Framcosco License S4094

Sfdpw

The city has issued 51 of the 57 San Francisco building permits that name Sfdpw since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Their median plan-review permit for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial took 6.0 months from filing to issue, about the same as the citywide median. Their busiest neighborhoods are Bayview Hunters Point, South of Market and Chinatown.

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Issued by the city
51 of 57 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
6.0 mo city median 5.9 mo
Rank for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
No. 3 of 331 by hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Overall rank
No. 111 of 1,146 engineers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Sfdpw on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 35 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 9 offices, 8 apartments and multifamily.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

14% residential
86% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 34 of 35 issued 61% of filings.
  2. Offices Commercial 7 of 9 issued 16% of filings.
  3. Apartments and multifamily Residential 6 of 8 issued 14% of filings.
  4. Restaurants and bars Commercial 3 of 3 issued 5% of filings.
  5. Retail and shops Commercial 1 of 2 issued 4% 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
13 permits filed
Latest filing
Sep 2026
89% of 57 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 11, 2019: 9, 2020: 2, 2021: 13, 2022: 3, 2023: 4, 2024: 7, 2025: 5, 2026: 3. 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: 51 of 57 permits filed

89%

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. Sfdpw has 17 of those across all project types; the citywide comparison is for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, their most filed type, where 1,155 of 8,497 permits went through plan review and the rest were approved over the counter.

Sfdpw, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

6.0months

That is about the same as the citywide median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Sfdpw, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 6.0 months. San Francisco, hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial: 5.9 months. Middle half of city permits: 3.0 to 10.8 months.
6.0 months for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, faster than 23 of 41 other engineers ranked for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial that have a median for it Each circle is a firm's median for its plan-review permits for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial. Dashed line: the median of all San Francisco plan-review permits for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial, 5.9 months. Shaded: the middle half of those permits, 3.0 to 10.8 months.
0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21+ months Acies Engineering: 11.8 months Mhc Engineers: 7.3 months Innovative Const: 20.8 months Acg Engineers Inc: 7.7 months Murphy Burr Curry Inc.: 7.5 months Streamline Engineering: 7.6 months Atrium Structural Engineer: 5.7 months Interlocity: 3.8 months Sf Public Works: 16.1 months Kpff: 9.3 months Double D Engineering: 5.9 months Zfa Structural Engineers: 4.5 months Meyers+Engineers: 5.6 months Design Consultants Group, Inc: 23.4 months Bkf Engineers: 3.5 months Holmes Structures: 5.9 months Sj Engineers: 8.6 months Sfmta Engineer: 4.8 months Dci Engineers: 5.2 months Thornton Tomasetti: 11.2 months Kpff Consulting Engineers: 11.0 months Rosendin Electric, Inc.: 4.2 months Zfa Structural Enginers: 4.9 months Fiedler Group: 5.7 months Hcg Associates, Inc.: 14.1 months Edesignc Incorporated: 16.1 months Robertson Engineering Inc: 10.3 months Ghd: 16.1 months Daniel Li: 4.8 months Guidepost Solutions: 6.9 months Duquette Engineering: 8.5 months Nexius Solutions Inc: 8.9 months Gegory P. Luth & Assoc. Inc: 8.2 months Englekirk Structural Engineers: 23.0 months Tony H Shakouri: 1.1 months Frank Leung: 4.8 months Baljit S. Chopra: 21.5 months Benny Ng: 4.8 months Essential Engineering Services: 19.8 months Rachel Hock: 4.5 months Victor Ancheta: 4.8 months Sfdpw 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21+ months Acies Engineering: 11.8 months Mhc Engineers: 7.3 months Innovative Const: 20.8 months Acg Engineers Inc: 7.7 months Murphy Burr Curry Inc.: 7.5 months Streamline Engineering: 7.6 months Atrium Structural Engineer: 5.7 months Interlocity: 3.8 months Sf Public Works: 16.1 months Kpff: 9.3 months Double D Engineering: 5.9 months Zfa Structural Engineers: 4.5 months Meyers+Engineers: 5.6 months Design Consultants Group, Inc: 23.4 months Bkf Engineers: 3.5 months Holmes Structures: 5.9 months Sj Engineers: 8.6 months Sfmta Engineer: 4.8 months Dci Engineers: 5.2 months Thornton Tomasetti: 11.2 months Kpff Consulting Engineers: 11.0 months Rosendin Electric, Inc.: 4.2 months Zfa Structural Enginers: 4.9 months Fiedler Group: 5.7 months Hcg Associates, Inc.: 14.1 months Edesignc Incorporated: 16.1 months Robertson Engineering Inc: 10.3 months Ghd: 16.1 months Daniel Li: 4.8 months Guidepost Solutions: 6.9 months Duquette Engineering: 8.5 months Nexius Solutions Inc: 8.9 months Gegory P. Luth & Assoc. Inc: 8.2 months Englekirk Structural Engineers: 23.0 months Tony H Shakouri: 1.1 months Frank Leung: 4.8 months Baljit S. Chopra: 21.5 months Benny Ng: 4.8 months Essential Engineering Services: 19.8 months Rachel Hock: 4.5 months Victor Ancheta: 4.8 months Sfdpw

3 firms with medians over 21 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 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial alone.

  1. 109 H. Lee Engineering 52
  2. 110 David Yadegar, Pe 51
  3. 111 Sfdpw 51
  4. 112 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger 51
  5. 113 Huf Structural Engineering 51

All permits issued, 1,146 engineers Full ranking

  1. 1 Acies Engineering 48
  2. 2 Mhc Engineers 47
  3. 3 Sfdpw 34
  4. 4 Innovative Const 27
  5. 5 Acg Engineers Inc 27

Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued, 331 engineers

Where they work

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

  1. 01 Bayview Hunters Point 149 engineers count Bayview Hunters Point among their busiest neighborhoods
  2. 02 South of Market 204 engineers count South of Market among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Chinatown 113 engineers count Chinatown among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Western Addition 54 engineers count Western Addition 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 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial

Firms ranked near Sfdpw by permits issued for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial.

  1. 1 Acies Engineering 48 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 11.8 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  2. 2 Mhc Engineers 47 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 7.3 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  3. 4 Innovative Const 27 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 20.8 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  4. 5 Acg Engineers Inc 27 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 7.7 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  5. 6 Murphy Burr Curry Inc. 25 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued · 7.5 mo median for hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial
  6. 7 Decker Electric 24 hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial issued
Sheet
S-111 No. 111 of 1,146
Drawing
Permit record, Sfdpw
Engineer, Sam Framcosco
License
S4094 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 Sfdpw has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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