Abstract: The properties of the high moisture content embankment soil is studied through the trial tests. The filling embankment construction is pilot studied and the performance of the high moisture content embankment soils are summarized in the paper. The results indicate that, for the first phase of the embankment, the filling rate has limited impact on the performance of the embankment soils; the fast filled embankment will have a relatively slow dissipation of the excessive pore pressure in the embankment. From the second filling, the accumulation of the high pore pressure and its slow dissipation will result in a large deformation in the embankment. Therefore, a high degree of consolidation is hard to be reached within a short period of time. An appropriate filling rate is necessary for the high water content and relatively large permeability embankment soils so that the consolidation time required for the underlying soils can be reduced.

Key words: Embankment Soils, Deformation, Stress Paths, Degree of Consolidation