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Randy R. Rapp

Decision Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1996Rising activity
Construction Project Management and PerformanceDisaster Management and ResilienceConstruction Engineering and SafetyBIM and Construction Integration3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage

Publications

34

Citations

126

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

29

Publishing since 1996

Research summary
AI-generated

Randy R. Rapp's work focuses on how construction projects are planned, managed, and recovered after disasters, including topics like building information modeling (BIM, a digital way of representing building designs), infrared thermography for damage assessment, and cost estimation for restoration work. Much of the research is aimed at practical project management issues such as site planning, closeout procedures, and leadership in disaster recovery and restoration settings.

Disaster recovery and restoration project managementConstruction project planning and closeoutBuilding Information Modeling (BIM) applicationsCost estimation and damage assessment technologiesEmergency management and structural failure analysis

Publication output was sparse and irregular for most of the last decade but showed a large spike in 2024, likely tied to a book publication with multiple chapter-level entries.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 2 publications1718192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication22232024: 8 publications8242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Purdue University Press eBooks×6
  • Journal of Emergency Management×4
  • International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment×1
  • International Journal of Project Management×1
  • University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield)×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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