This presentation is aimed to discuss the behavior of embankments on soft soils, ground improvement methods, site investigation, instrumentation and monitoring.  It is backed by over 50-year experience from methods used in many countries in Europe, Far-East, North and South America.  The course is tailored to engineers, geologists, and undergraduate and research students interested in soft soils. Learning Objectives At the successful conclusion of this course, you’ll be able to identify and discuss:

• Typical common defects and failures of embankment of soft soils;
• Discussion of site investigations tools most used in soft soils, like SPT, CPTU and VST;
• Instrumentation and monitoring tools
• Trial embankments.
• Stability control.