Company history
RAPP stands for long-term presence in the consultancy sector. The company’s present board includes the 4th generation of managers from the original founding family. The company has continued to develop over the course of its 100 years history Starting as a local construction contractor with an associated engineering design office, it has grown today into a multi-disciplinary and internationally-active engineering planning and design business.

Here are some particulars from the company’s rich history

1868Joachim Rapp-Uebelin establishes a construction company in Basel.
1896His two sons Wilhelm Rapp-Müller and Joachim Rapp-Bührer continue to manage the business under the name of W.&J. Rapp and begin to provide engineering consultancy services.
1934Establishment of a branch office in Muttenz (BL). Further branches in the region are opened.
1946The company is converted into a public-limited company under the name of "W.&J. Rapp AG, Consulting Engineers and Contractors".
1974With the establishment of the company Robert-Grandpierre et Rapp SA Rapp begins to offer transport planning services in western Switzerland.
1988A subsidiary is set up to deal with projects concerning heating management and the preparation of individual consumption-based invoices for heating costs: Rapp Wärmetechnik AG.
1992With its take-over of Regioplan GmbH in Loerrach, Rapp gains access to the EU market. (the company was renamed Rapp Regioplan GmbH in 1998).
1992RAPP splits off the contracting part of its business and changed its name to Rapp Engineers + Planners.
1995in 1995 Rapp becomes a shareholder in Affentranger + Partner AG (Birsfelden) and concentrates its structural engineering resources in this company.
1998Rapp changes from a family-owned company to a company which is owned by its partners.
2001With the take-over of Ammann AG, Basel, Rapp strengthens its competence in the fields of surveying and geographic information systems.
Rapp becomes a part-owner of the French company "Carte Blanche Conseil SA", Paris, a business specialising in traffic information systems and traffic telematics.
2003Rapp adopts a new business structure, with four operating companies and a service support company grouped under the umbrella of a single holding company. As part of this reorganisation, Affentranger + Partner is fully integrated into the company "Rapp Infra AG". Rapp Trans AG acquires the company "Abay & Meier" (Zurich).
2004Establishment of Rapp Trans (UK) Ltd, Reading/London.
2006Takeover of Arcoplan Generalplaner AG. Establishment of Rapp Trans (NL) B.V., Amsterdam.