Overview

The construction (staged or surcharged) of highway embankments and levees often require instrumentation to monitor the progress of consolidation and to determine whether the embankment is stable. Instrumentation can also be utilized to monitor the effectiveness of vertical drains used to accelerate consolidation in embankment construction. GEOKON piezometers, settlement systems, extensometers and inclinometers are among the most common types of instrument used for embankment monitoring.