Soil Investigation
Borehole drilling, sampling, in-situ testing (SPT, permeability, vane shear), geotechnical logging and groundwater table monitoring.
Client: Arabtec Emirates Holding
Million Housing Units Program
539 boreholes totalling 5,554 m across El Obour, Badr City and El Minya, with field and lab testing plus foundation recommendations delivered in six weeks.
HousingAt scale
El Obour, Badr City & El Minya
Overview
The Million Housing Units programme was a test of throughput rather than complexity. Horema completed 539 boreholes totalling 5,554 metres across three separated sites and delivered field results, laboratory testing and foundation recommendations inside six weeks.
Delivering that volume meant running multiple rig crews concurrently in El Obour, Badr City and El Minya, with a logistics chain that moved samples into the laboratories daily and a reporting team producing standardised outputs per housing cluster.
The campaign remains a reference point for how quickly a national-scale investigation can be executed without relaxing ASTM and BS testing discipline.
Services applied
Capabilities on this project
Field Testing
Plate load tests, CBR, sand cone, test pits and density/moisture assessments on roads and foundations.
Laboratory Testing
Soil, rock, aggregate, water and chemical testing aligned with ASTM and BS standards.
Geotechnical Reporting
Factual and interpretive reports including foundation recommendations and engineering assessments.
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Who we worked with
Arabtec Holding (U.A.E.)Ministry of HousingOrascom Construction
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