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Engineer, San Diego License M31241

Syska Hennessy Group

The city has issued 26 of the 31 San Francisco building permits that name Syska Hennessy Group since 2018. The work is mostly commercial, led by offices. Their median plan-review permit, across all project types, took 13.0 months from filing to issue. Their busiest neighborhoods are Financial District/South Beach, North Beach and Mission.

Issued by the city
26 of 31 filed since 2018
Median plan-review time, all types
13.0 mo filing to issue
Rank for offices
No. 46 of 375 by offices issued
Overall rank
No. 194 of 1,146 engineers

What they work on

Every San Francisco building permit with Syska Hennessy Group on the record since 2018, by project type. Most filed: 24 offices, 3 apartments and multifamily, 2 retail and shops.

Residential and commercial, by permits filed

10% residential
90% commercial
Permits by project type, filed and issued
  1. Offices Commercial 20 of 24 issued 77% of filings.
  2. Apartments and multifamily Residential 3 of 3 issued 10% of filings.
  3. Retail and shops Commercial 1 of 2 issued 6% of filings.
  4. Hotels, clinics, schools and other commercial Commercial 2 of 2 issued 6% 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
10 permits filed
Latest filing
Jul 2025
84% of 31 issued
Permits filed per year: 2018: 3, 2019: 10, 2020: 3, 2021: 4, 2022: 3, 2023: 4, 2024: 2, 2025: 2, 2026: 0. 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: 26 of 31 permits filed

84%

All San Francisco project permits since 2018 in this data

93% issued

5 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. Syska Hennessy Group has 6 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.

Syska Hennessy Group, all project types

13.0months

Median months from filing to issue for plan-review permits. Syska Hennessy Group, all project types: 13.0 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; Syska Hennessy Group 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. 192 Anthony Chau & Partners 27
  2. 193 Santos & Urritia Engineering 26
  3. 194 Syska Hennessy Group 26
  4. 195 S & K Consulting Eng. 26
  5. 196 Arup North America 26

All permits issued, 1,146 engineers Full ranking

  1. 44 Precision Design Inc. 20
  2. 45 Salas O'brien 20
  3. 46 Syska Hennessy Group 20
  4. 47 Holmes Structures 19
  5. 48 3 Phase Engineering 19

Offices issued, 375 engineers

Where they work

The neighborhoods where Syska Hennessy Group 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 North Beach 67 engineers count North Beach among their busiest neighborhoods
  3. 03 Mission 298 engineers count Mission among their busiest neighborhoods
  4. 04 Twin Peaks 35 engineers count Twin Peaks 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 Syska Hennessy Group by permits issued for offices.

  1. 42 Acies Engineering 21 offices issued
  2. 43 Laws & Associates, Inc. 21 offices issued
  3. 44 Precision Design Inc. 20 offices issued
  4. 52 Bayside Mechanical 17 offices issued
  5. 60 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger 15 offices issued · 9.5 mo median for offices
  6. 62 Imeg 15 offices issued
Sheet
S-194 No. 194 of 1,146
Drawing
Permit record, Syska Hennessy Group
Engineer, San Diego
License
M31241 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 Syska Hennessy Group has not paid to be listed. Project addresses are never shown.

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