About us

45 years of breaking new ground

Horema is a leading provider of soil investigation and quality control services in Egypt, with more than 45 years of experience supporting complex infrastructure, industrial and development projects nationwide.

Company overview

The company brings together a team of highly qualified consultants, engineers, geologists, chemists and technicians, backed by a full suite of advanced laboratories and specialised field equipment.

Horema follows ASTM and BS international standards and provides end-to-end services covering field testing, laboratory analysis, quality control monitoring and construction phase support.

12 rotary drilling rigs

High-efficiency sampling tools suited to all types of subsurface conditions.

Onshore & offshore

Full capability for boreholes, lab analysis and comprehensive geotechnical reports.

In-house labs

Soil, concrete, road materials and chemical testing under one roof.

Calibrated laboratory instruments in Horema's Alexandria facilities — Advanced in-house laboratories

On site

Our crews in the field

Rotary drilling, sampling and in-situ testing carried out by Horema crews across desert, coastal and reclaimed ground — under the safety discipline our clients expect on active construction sites.

Two Horema drillers working a rotary rig under a heavy storm sky on a sand site — Rotary drilling in all conditions

Horema field team behind cordoned safety tape while a borehole is flushed — Cordoned work areas & site safety

Horema technician holding a recovered limestone rock core beside a labelled core box of samples on a coastal site — Rock core recovery, logged and boxed by depth

Horema crew drilling in an open desert plain during blowing dust — Remote and inaccessible ground

Borehole advance — drilling fluid returning to surface

45+

Years since 1980

Rotary drilling rigs

ASTM / BS

International standards

In-house laboratories

ISO/IEC 17025

Accredited laboratories

Satellite remote sensing view of the Nile Delta with terrain analysis overlay — Remote sensing & data platforms

Digital modernisation

Elevated by technology

Horema combines decades of geotechnical expertise with a strong commitment to digital modernisation. By adopting integrated data management platforms that connect field data, laboratory results and reporting applications — alongside satellite data and remote sensing — Horema enables more consistent data handling, faster reporting and improved subsurface understanding, supporting safer and more efficient project delivery.

Practically, field logs and laboratory results are held as structured data rather than loose documents, and can be issued in AGS 4.1 format alongside the usual factual and interpretative reports.

AGS 4.1 data delivery →