Site Monitoring and Numerical Modelling of a Trial Embankment's Behaviour on Venice Lagoon Soils

Table 1

Embankment construction and removal phases.

Phase	Date	Fill height (m)	Action
0	12 September 2002	0.00	reference measurement
1	12–17 September 2002	0.5	+0.5 m sand
2	23–26 September 2002	1.00	+0.5 m sand
3	1–3 October 2002	1.50	+0.5 m sand
4	9–14 October 2002	2.00	+0.5 sand
5	7-8 November 2002	2.50	+0.5 sand
6	13–18 November 2002	3.00	+0.5 sand
7	27–29 November 2002	3.50	+0.5 sand
8	16–19 December 2002	4.00	+0.5 sand
9	30 December 2002–03 January 2003	4.50	+0.5 sand
10	14–16 January 2003	5.00	+0.5 sand
11	22–25 January 2003	5.50	+0.5 sand
12	4–7 February 2003	6.00	+0.5 sand
13	24–27 February 2003	6.50	+0.5 sand
14	06–10 March 2003	6.70	+0.2 gravel
15	15–29 June 2007	5.40 ca.*	−0.2 gravel, −0.5 sand
16	8–14 July 2007	4.60 ca.*	−0.8 sand
17	22 October–06 November 2007	3.60 ca.*	−1.0  sand
18	9–20 November 2007	2.65 ca.*	−0.95 sand
19	22 February–4 March 2008	1.70 ca.*	−0.95  sand
20	17–21 March 2008	0.75 ca.*	−0.95 sand
21	26–31 March 2008	0.00*	−0.75 sand

*The reference height is not exactly at the centreline, but at a distance where, after the creep settlement, the embankment height is 6.30 m.