The partners

Three professionals with more than twenty years' experience each, who sign designs, run sites and are personally accountable for the company's commissions.

Arch. Giovanni Spitali

Arch. Giovanni Spitali

Managing Director

Registered architect, Order of Architects of the Province of Agrigento, no. 881 · Personal website: www.giovannispitali.it

An architect since 1998, he has built his career designing and supervising public works for municipalities, health authorities, consortia and regional government, with in-depth knowledge of Italian public procurement law, up to the current Public Contracts Code (Legislative Decree 36/2023).

Since 2000 he has served as a court-appointed expert for the Courts of Agrigento and Sciacca, with around 370 appointments in civil and criminal proceedings, property enforcement and insolvency cases, and as a party-appointed expert for private clients and companies. He handles complex consent procedures in protected settings – landscape, heritage, habitats, flood-risk – particularly in the Pelagie Islands, and manages multi-agency conferences and relations with heritage and environmental authorities.

At Rebuilding he leads architectural design, restoration, planning and site management, and is the main contact for contracting authorities during works supervision and safety coordination.

Education and qualifications

  • Master's degree in Architecture, University of Palermo (1998)
  • Construction safety coordinator (Legislative Decree 81/2008)
  • Environmental Impact Assessment specialist
  • Solar thermal systems design

Selected commissions

  • Public spaces of Gibellina, Italian Capital of Contemporary Art 2026 – works supervision and safety coordination
  • Restoration of the former Civil Hospital in Via Atenea as student housing, Agrigento – developed and detailed design (€ 3.19 m)
  • Technical college in Sciacca, 25 classrooms – detailed structural and services design (€ 9.5 m)
  • Administrative testing of the restoration of the Temples of Zeus, Heracles and Hephaestus, Valley of the Temples – Sicilian Region
  • Administrative testing of the regeneration of Cammarata old town, Castle area – ERDF 2000/2006
  • Primary infrastructure of the Comitini craft zone – detailed design and safety coordination (€ 1.94 m)
  • Outpatient and community health centre, Palma di Montechiaro – works supervision and safety coordination for the Agrigento health authority
  • Seismic upgrade and completion of the De Cosmi school, Agrigento – design, supervision and safety
  • Urban regeneration of Via Matteotti and Via Einaudi, Casteldaccia – developed design (€ 1.03 m)
  • Refurbishment of the Villafranca Sicula Town Hall – works supervision and safety coordination
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Lampedusa and Linosa town plan
  • Refurbishment of the Agrigento Tennis Club – Sport and Suburbs programme 2020
  • Urban park and landscape regeneration on Lampedusa and Linosa
  • Outdoor spaces of the G. Galilei school, Santa Elisabetta
  • Strengthening of the former Banco di Sicilia building in Casteltermini and other works ordered by the Court of Agrigento – design, supervision and safety
Eng. Epifanio Maria Bellini

Eng. Epifanio Maria Bellini

Technical Director and Quality Manager

Chartered engineer, Order of Engineers of the Province of Agrigento, no. 1244

An engineer since 2000, he works on architectural, structural and building-services design for public and private civil works, as well as testing, safety coordination and building energy performance.

He has designed and supervised projects on schools, listed buildings, housing and utility networks in Sicily and Lombardy, from site infrastructure to structural testing, seismic vulnerability studies and fire safety upgrades of school buildings. A GIS expert, since 2023 he has been technical expert for the delivery of PNRR and cohesion policy projects at the Municipality of Agrigento.

A certified BIM Specialist for infrastructure (ICMQ, UNI 11337-7), he models the company's road and hydraulic works in a BIM environment. As Rebuilding's technical director he signs the company's designs and oversees quality control. Recent work includes the detailed design for bringing the Naro wastewater treatment plant into service and the supervision of the Linosa aqueduct works.

Education and qualifications

  • Degree in Civil Engineering, hydraulics, University of Palermo (2000)
  • Second-level Master's in Geographic Information Systems, University of Palermo – CUPA (2003)
  • Certified BIM Expert – BIM Specialist for Infrastructure, ICMQ certificate no. 26-01699 (UNI 11337-7, UNI/PdR 78:2020, 2026)
  • Certified Energy Management Expert and Energy Manager (UNI CEI 11339)
  • Fire safety professional listed by the Ministry of the Interior
  • Energy assessor and construction safety coordinator (Legislative Decree 81/2008)
  • GIS expert (regional spatial information systems, ERDF 2000/2006)

Selected commissions

  • Bringing into service the C.da Trinità wastewater treatment plant, Naro – detailed design (PNRR)
  • Stormwater management in Contrada Zotta, Barrafranca – design and works supervision (PNRR)
  • Linosa aqueduct – works supervision and safety coordination
  • Structural strengthening of Palazzo del Carretto, Agrigento (listed building) – structures, supervision and safety
  • Sacro Cuore parish complex, Agrigento – lead of the structural design team
  • Extension and upgrade of the Certosa di Pavia primary school, phases 2 and 3 – architectural, structural and services design
  • Seismic upgrade of the G. Garibaldi school, Raffadali – energy audit, design, safety
  • G. Galilei school, Raffadali – structural testing of the seismic upgrade
  • Carabinieri station, Santa Elisabetta – structural and administrative testing
  • 64-dwelling housing scheme in Contrada Palmentelle, Agrigento – design, supervision and safety
  • Former Odeon cinema, Agrigento, converted to theatre and auditorium – architectural, structural, services and fire safety design
  • Multi-storey car park in Piazzale Rosselli, Agrigento – design and supervision of the project-finance completion
  • Fire safety upgrade of Raffadali's school buildings – design and permits
  • B.M.V. di Fatima church, Agrigento – supervision of ceiling and plaster safety works
  • Primary infrastructure of the C.da Zachia business zone, Prizzi – design and supervision
Eng. Salvatore Lombardo

Eng. Salvatore Lombardo

Partner, Structures and Services

Chartered engineer, Order of Engineers of the Province of Agrigento, no. 1337

An engineer since 2002, he has more than twenty years' experience in structural analysis of public buildings, geotechnics and infrastructure design, working with leading engineering firms on projects across Italy.

He has signed the structural calculations of new schools in Sicily, Lombardy, Trentino and the Aosta Valley, and of public buildings such as Palazzo Gandolfo in Catania; he has worked with the University of Palermo as a geotechnical expert on clay slope stabilisation.

At Rebuilding he leads structures and services: he prepared the feasibility design of the Giardina Gallotti sewer main for AICA, including aerial photogrammetric survey and multi-agency consents.

Education and qualifications

  • Degree in Civil and Transport Engineering, University of Palermo (2002)
  • Second-level Master's in GIS (2003)
  • Construction safety coordinator

Selected commissions

  • Giardina Gallotti sewer main to the Montaperto plant – feasibility design for AICA
  • New lower secondary school, Vaprio d'Adda – structural calculations
  • New secondary school, Pantelleria – structural calculations and safety plan
  • Palazzo Gandolfo municipal offices, Catania – structures and safety plan
  • Jesuit College, Trapani – structural calculations
  • Sicilian Region broadband network