Monitoring of embankment settlements using periodic topographic leveling allows one to preview their evolution, and to assess the parameters used in a specific design. In this research, settlements of an experimental embankment constructed between the end of 1977 and the beginning of 1978, over a 12 m thick soft soils deposit in Camboinhas, Niteroi (RJ), were monitored. At that time, the embankment served as large model to help designing of a commercial housing development. The work was hampered shortly after the end of embankment s construction and, since then, no enterprise was held. In 2013, in this research, new Shelby samples were obtained in order to carry out series of laboratory tests. Settlements due to the embankment construction were noted to be still progressing. Also, OCR values from laboratory tests were compared to those empirically evaluated from field results. Finally, the magnitude of total settlement and its progress with time were estimated.