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The Firm

The BOTTENIGA ASSOCIATI technical firm focuses on the design of innovative structures in the fields of Civil Engineering and infrastructure in general, and in the services related to project management. 

BOTTENIGA ASSOCIATI builds on the legacy of S.I.GE.S. s.r.l., an engineering company founded in 1989 by Eng. Armando Mammino, and constitutes the natural evolution of the original firm.  

S.I.GE.S., in its turn, drew on the legacies and influences of the great tradition of modern engineering from the early twentieth century. This heritage can be traced back through Eng. Mammino’s years under the mentorship of Eng. Giuseppe Ghinassi during their time with the Del Favero Company (Trento, Italy), all the way to Professors Arturo Bignoli and Luigi Toschi from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of La Plata in Argentina.  

BOTTENIGA ASSOCIATI is oriented to operate in niche sectors: projects of complex structures or, more generally, engineering problems of particular technical difficulty.
The study is active in various areas of Engineering, including: geotechnical and underground works, infrastructure works, special engineering works, anti-seismic design, seismic safety assessments of buildings and bridges. 

Thanks to long experience, BOTTENIGA ASSOCIATI also offers specialist technical advice to contractors and design firms.  

Currently BOTTENIGA ASSOCIATI has a team made up of engineers and architects with many years of experience, and avails itself of external collaborators for the most specific areas of work.


  1. Foundation of BOTTENIGA ASSOCIATI firm.

  2. Arch. Sandro Moro begins his collaboration with S.I.GE.S.

  3. Eng. Manuel Forte begins his collaboration with S.I.GE.S.

  4. Eng. Enrico Tonon begins his collaboration with S.I.GE.S.

  5. Eng. Armando Mammino publishes the book Micropiles: design and verification techniques, which soon becomes a key reference for the sector. 

  6. Eng. Armando Mammino founds S.I.GE.S., Engineering and Geomechanics Company for Earth and Rock Works.

  7. Arch. Luigi Tonon begins his collaboration with Eng. Mammino

  8. Eng. Giuseppe Ghinassi publishes the volume for ESA types, Matrix analysis and automatic calculation of structures.

  9. Eng. Mammino begins his collaboration with Impresa Del Favero S.p.a.
    Here he meets Eng. Giuseppe Ghinassi who becomes his Mentor and close friend. 

  10. Eng. Giuseppe Ghinassi begins his collaboration with Impresa Del Favero S.p.a.

  11. The Company “Ing. Lino e Ito Del Favero S.p.A” is founded. It soon becomes one of the largest construction companies in Italy and one of the most advanced in Europe; as a tunnel builder it is among the best in the world.