Permit Office (AHJ)
San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI)
City and County of San Francisco · California
MEP, structural, civil, and energy-compliance engineering for San Francisco projects — permitted through San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI) and designed to the city's adopted codes and amendments.
Coordinated mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design — engineered as one system, stamped by licensed professionals, and documented for fast permit approval.
Structural systems designed to the loads your state actually imposes — gravity, seismic, wind, and snow — with drawings built to get approved the first time.
Site engineering that clears local review — grading, drainage, and utilities designed to each jurisdiction's published standards from day one.
Energy compliance handled as engineering, not paperwork — documentation matched to the exact code edition your permitting jurisdiction enforces.
San Francisco amendments address seismic safety, fire/life safety, existing buildings, accessibility, and local administration. The City's green-building and all-electric rules, the Soft Story Program, and project-specific historic or site requirements are separate local checks; the current DBI and municipal-code materials govern instead of a generic California template.
San Francisco's commercial pipeline emphasizes seismic retrofit, historic rehabilitation, tenant improvement, healthcare and institutional modernization, life-science conversion, and dense multifamily or mixed-use infill. Constrained lots, older utilities, transit interfaces, and active occupied buildings make phasing and existing-condition verification central to design.
Reviewed 2026-09-11. Code editions and local requirements can change; confirm the current requirements with the authority having jurisdiction before design.
DBI uses its Permit and Project Tracking System for permit records, applications, and review status; project routing can include Planning, Fire, Public Works, and other city agencies. Dense or alteration projects should confirm Planning and historic-resource requirements before the building submittal, while the scope and permit type determine whether electronic review and additional departmental review are available.
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