Movement monitoring involves the installation of reflective targets to specified locations on the structure to be monitored (typically the front, rear and flank walls of the adjoining owner's property). Movement is then monitored by regularly measuring these targets using an electronic distance measuring instrument.

In the simplest form, this instrument is a settlement plate consisting of a steel plate placed on the ground before construction of the embankment. Surface settlement points measure vertical displacement with depth, for example, along an embankment centerline.

Monitoring Settlement Cracks in floor slabs and walls are monitored with crackmeters. Misalignment or separation of incoming utilities or expansion joints can be monitored with jointmeters. Differential settlement of floors and walls can be monitored with hydrostatic level cells.

Settlement plates are simple instruments that provide direct measurements of settlement beneath placed fills. Typical applications include: • Monitoring consolidation of ground treated with wick drains and surcharges.

Soil treatment methods include: Grouting. Soft soil consolidation with surcharge combined with vertical drains to accelerate compaction, Dynamic compaction, Replacement of soft soil with strong fill materials, Lime and cement columns, Electroosmosis, Freezing technique, Blasting,

Settlement monitoring under embankments are undertaken using settlement plates, which are installed at existing ground level under an embankment and are frequently monitored. This can provide an indication of the magnitude of settlement under the embankment loads.

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