Soil Surveys and Mapping

We do carry out soil surveys and mapping for irrigation development, crop suitability assessments, Environmental management, forestry development and management, land rehabilitations/ reclamation

GIS and Drone Services

Summerplace has highly experience staff and efficient infrastructure for GIS and remote sensing. We offer products such as production of all kinds of GIS based maps, webmaps, database design and management, processing remote sensing and UAV/drone imagery. The projects can be standalone or part of the projects that we do in environment and agriculture. Our clients come from government, NGOs, private sector, students, etc. We also offer drone services that form part of agriculture and environmental services or as a standalone service. If you have a project with aerial mapping component, then we are here for you.

Environmental and Social Impact Assessments(ESIA).

We are registered with Environmental Management Agency(EMA) as EIA Consultants offering services in environmental impact assessments, auditing and quarterly reports. We have over 8 years wealth experience in providing environmental management services input to projects in mining, energy and power sector, telecomms, land development, energy sector, housing and infrastructural development. Our main goal is assisting our clients to get their projects planned, built and operated on schedule, while meeting their own expectations for management of impacts of the local communities and environmental, social and cultural resources.

Irrigation Systems Design and Installation

We are specialists in irrigation designing and installations based on soil charateristics(from our soil investigations), topography and water sources among other paramters

Our Portfolio

Our business consultancy portfolio mainly focus on agriculture, environment, mining, construction and energy sectors

  • Soil Surveys and Mapping.

  • GIS and Drone Mapping

  • Environmental Impact Assesments(EIAs)

  • Hydrological and Geotechnical Assessments

  • Irrigation design & Installation

  • ICT Development

About Us

Summerplace Natural Resources Ltd(SUNRE) is a 100% privately owned Zimbabwean consulting company which offer various environmental, water, geotechnical, agricultural, Geospatial and ICT development services. The company was established and registered under Registrar of Companies in 2014 and has undertaken various Agricultural, soil surveys and mapping, EIA and other natural resources related projects which include services for mining, construction, housing, both in Zimbabwe and East and southern African region. The company was started by professionals with vast experience in agriculture, water, environment, mining and information technology. They have been working in various sectors of the economy including the government, NGO, private sector and various organisations and have taken various consultancy work in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa. Unique skills, experiences and professional backgrounds from these professionals were synthesised and integrated to give a solid birth to Summerplace Natural Resources (Pvt) Ltd. These skills and experiences makes us unique and outstanding due to our multidisciplinary approach to natural resources management and agriculture. Summerplace has permanent physical presence in Harare and Gweru, Zimbabwe and a representation in Mozambique.

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Our Philosophy

Our focus is on providing unparralled service and exceptional results in the shortest amount of time possible, embracing sustainability and contributing to economic development.

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Our Mission & Vision

Dedicated to provide consultancy service that ensure environmental and economic sustainability for every project

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Our Value & Rules

Accountability, integrity, teamwork and innovation

2022 & 2023 projects and their progress

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Sunflower Mining Claim, Chegutu District

40% 40% Complete

Integrated Land Use Planning(ILUP) for 4 wards in South-Eastern Zimbabwe, USAID Resilience ANCHORS Project

100% 100% Complete

Soil survey, irrigation designing and land use planning(LUP) for Rockfields Farm, Mapinga, July 2023

100% 100% Complete

ESIA for 5 Solar Minigrids in Various Locations in Zimbabwe, UNDP - May 2023 ongoing

100% 100% Complete

ESIA for Black Granite mining, Makoni District, April 2023 - ongoing

70% 70% Complete

Soil Survey for 5 sites in Manicaland for Green Climate Fund(GCF) Project -Feb - Apr 2023

100% 100% Complete

Drone Mapping and Video Capture for CIRAD Murewa Research Sites - March 2023

100% 100% Complete

Drone Mapping and Video capture for CIRAD UZ Farm Research Sites, Feb 2023

100% 100% Complete

Soil Survey and Land Use Planning for 2 Estates for Seventh Day Adventist in Seke and Makoni Districts, Feb - April 2023

100% 100% Complete

Hydrogeological assessment for a service station - Glen Norah - Jan 2023

100% 100% Complete

Soil Surveys for 3 sites for Mat. South, Green Climate Fund(GCF) Project 2022

100% 100% Complete

Soil Survey for 7 sites in Masvingo Province,Green Climate Fund(GCF) Project 2022

100% 100% Complete

Our Services

Our wide range of services resonate well with our team expertise which includes soil surveys and mapping, drone services, GIS and remote sensing, environmental management services, hydrogeological services and irrigation systems designing and installations.

Soil Surveys and Sampling

We offer services associated with agricultural, soil assessments and recommendations. Soil surveys including geotechnical surveys supports irrigation development, crop suitability assessments, forestry development at farm, estate, building infrastructure and other bigger projects. Summerplace is affliated with accredited laboratories for soil, foliar and water sample analysis for timely and accurate recommendations to our clients. We also partners with various irrigation engineering companies working together to assess soil for pivot, drip, sprinkler and flood/furrow irrigation installation

Hydrology, Hyrogeological and Geotechnical Assessments

We provide services associated with collecting, processing, managing, analyzing and interpreting of geotechnical, hydrogeology and hydrology data to support project development. SUNRE experts ensure the ground investigation is designed and implemented properly to meet the project requirement so that safe, effective and efficient project development can be achieved.

Environmental Management Services

We are a registered firm with Environmental Management Agency(EMA) as EIA Consultants offering services in environmental impact assessments, auditing and quarterly reports. We have over eight(8) years experience of providing environmental services input into projects in mining, energy and power sector, telecomms, land development, energy sector, housing and infrastructural development. Our main goal is assisting our clients to get their projects planned, built and operated on schedule, while meeting their own expectations for management of impacts of the local communities and environmental, social and cultural resources.

GIS and Drone Services

Summerplace has highly experience staff and efficient infrastructure for GIS and remote sensing. We offer products such as production of all kinds of GIS based maps, webmaps, database design and management, processed remote sensing and UAV/drone imagery. The projects can be standalone or part of the projects that we do in environment and agriculture. Our clients come from government, NGOs, private sector, students, etc. We also offer drone services that form part of agriculture and environmental services or as a standalone service. If you have a project with location component, then we are here for you.

Irrigation Systems Design and Installation

From designing installation and management of sprinkler, drip and pivot irrigation system, we ensure a quality and durable service for maximum productivity

ICT Development

Summerplace is actively involved in mobile and desktop application development for automation of routine processes as well as for data collection in agriculture, environment, health and natural resources. The app development section work hand-in-glove with the GIS services section to come up with applications which are location sensitive/ aware.

Our Core Team

Our core team come from diverse fields reflecting the nature of our projects that require a multidisciplinary approach to natural resources and agriculture. Several on-call expert consultants in geotechnical and land surveys are available as per project.

Newton

Managing Consultant

Shelly

Ecologist

Lawrence

Senior Soil Scientist

Washington

Hydrologist

Ruvimbo

Social Scientist

Niven

Logistics Manager

Latest News

Here is our latest news and activities below

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13
May , 2023

Summerplace has been in the field in Manicaland for soil surveys.

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14
May , 2023

Summerplace is carrying out ESIA in Makoni district for black granite mining

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08
Aug , 2023

Summerplace has been awarded a contract to carry out a soil survey and land use planning for 300ha new farm.

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