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Stage1 Site Selection

Actionable site analysis in about a week

Actionable site analysis in about a week
Actionable site analysis in about a week

Increase Your Speed to Market with Stage1

Start your site selection and project informed

Getting a good idea of a site’s geotechnical and environmental conditions quickly is vital in estimating project schedule, budget, and risk. This information helps decision-makers know whether to go forward with a site and take smart next steps in their project planning.

Stage1, Terracon’s proprietary desktop study, delivers this actionable site analysis in about a week—saving you months or years, lots of headaches, and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars. It’s completely remote, allowing you to compare multiple sites side by side and get in front of site challenges without anyone setting foot on your site.

Stage1 key insights include:

  • Anticipated geotechnical conditions and regional soil behavior 
  • Preliminary indicators of environmental constraints, and subsurface and surface concerns
  • Floodplain, groundwater, and geologic hazard indicators 
  • Natural and cultural resource considerations 
  • Threatened and endangered species indicators 
  • Preliminary design considerations and recommended next steps 

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Answers when you need them, powered by extensive data intelligence

A Stage1 report draws from multiple sources of site data and is interpreted and reviewed by Terracon professionals across geotechnical, environmental, ecological, cultural, and related disciplines. Together, these inputs provide an early view of potential site challenges and considerations that can influence project planning, schedule, budget, and risk.  

Stage1 site selection study features

  • A top-level summary of anticipated geotechnical, subsurface environmental, cultural, wetlands/waters, and federal protected species conditions and constraints
  • Tables of detailed considerations prepared and reviewed by local and national Terracon subject matter experts (engineers, environmental planners, ecologists, biologists, cultural resource practitioners)
  • A Smart Work Plan with recommended next steps to confirm findings and expedite your project development
  • An interactive, online platform, Compass, with filtering tools and additional GIS layers to customize and view data in real time

The Stage1 report fills a gap in due diligence information that is critical when determining which site will move forward in the selection process.

Ricardo Palacios, P.E.
engineering manager, Georgia Power

Order your Stage1 analysis now

Your dedicated client service manager will stay in touch during and after you order your Stage1 analysis. No need to wait.

If this is your first time ordering a Stage1 analysis, contact the Stage1 team directly at Stage1@terracon.com or complete the New Compass User request form below. The Stage1 team will create an account for you and process your request.

If you are a Terracon client with a login to Compass, Terracon’s digital client collaboration portal, you can order your Stage1 analysis directly from within Compass. Check out our guide to ordering a Stage1 analysis.

Have questions before requesting your Stage1 analysis for your project? The Stage1 team is ready to help. Contact us at Stage1@terracon.com.

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