Environmental expertise that keeps projects moving.
TerraPoint is a boutique geologic and environmental consulting practice: Edwards Aquifer and karst work across Central Texas, and environmental due diligence for land development, energy, and infrastructure nationwide. Every deliverable carries the judgment of a licensed Professional Geoscientist.
Three ways clients work with us
Each practice runs deep on its own page. Start with the one that matches your project.
Edwards Aquifer & Karst
The full karst sequence for Central Texas development: pre-acquisition constraints screens, TCEQ Geologic Assessments, USFWS-permitted karst invertebrate surveys, municipal reviews for Austin and San Antonio, and construction-phase encountered feature response.
Explore the practiceSolar Site Pipeline
Environmental due diligence built for utility-scale solar: fixed-fee desktop screens during siting, Phase I and Phase II ESAs on the parcels that survive, and a Portfolio Currency Program that keeps every report current through NTP, financing, and sale.
Explore the practiceComplex Due Diligence
The environmental questions that decide deals: independent review of another consultant's report, pre-listing reviews that put sellers ahead of the buyer's Phase I, complex Phase I and Phase II assessments, and portfolio programs.
Explore the practiceLarge-firm depth, without the layers
TerraPoint Environmental Consulting is an Austin-based geologic and environmental practice founded by Brian Cowan, P.G., a Texas-licensed Professional Geoscientist with nearly two decades of consulting experience. Before founding TerraPoint, Brian served as the National Subject Matter Expert for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments at Stantec, one of North America's largest engineering and environmental consulting firms.
The practice pairs that experience with a modern production system: senior judgment on every deliverable, automation on the paperwork around it. Clients get the depth of a large-firm review at the speed of a firm built without layers.
TerraPoint is represented on the ASTM subcommittees that develop the standards this work is performed to: E50.02, which maintains the E1527 Phase I and E1903 Phase II environmental site assessment standards, and D18.27 on Karst, which develops the national standards for karst terrain assessment.
Senior judgment, on your schedule
A structured field-capture and report-production system handles the repeatable work. The professional opinion is never automated. That combination is what keeps projects moving without compromising the judgment behind them.
Career experience behind every professional opinion, including 300+ Phase I ESAs performed and overseen, across land development, energy, and public-sector work.
Endangered karst invertebrate surveys performed in-house under TerraPoint's own USFWS permit.
Every screen, assessment, and report carries a licensed geoscientist's evaluation. The person who signs is the person who knows your site.
Tell us about your project.
Share the site and where things stand. We'll tell you plainly what it needs, what it doesn't, and what that means for your schedule.