Online course from Purdue hastens, heightens disaster recovery planning and execution
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A seasoned construction professional dispatched in response to Hurricane Katrina, Randy Rapp found out fast that a disaster recovery job presents special challenges, with time of the essence, unanticipated and difficult conditions in play, and immediate, accurate and thorough responses required literally around the clock.
“I had the background in construction, but I was missing the nuances that make disaster recovery different,” said Rapp, an associate professor in the School of Construction Management Technology in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute.
Rapp’s experience prompted him to develop an online course from Purdue University that teaches a working knowledge of how disaster recovery differs from conventional construction and techniques for addressing almost any type of disaster. The course, offered through Purdue Online, enables those who take it to better plan, and execute plans, for disaster recovery.