This study analyzes the case of an experimental embankment constructed in real scale alongside a pile group in a field composed of a thick layer of soft clay, located in the lowland of Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro. The monitoring of the experiment was composed by settlement plates, piezometers and inclinometers installed throughout the depth of the ground and piles adjacent to the embankment. The horizontal movement of the soil at the border of the embankment generates stresses along the depth of the piles installed adjacent to the surcharge due to the asymmetric nature of this load. This phenomenon, known in the Brazilian literature as the Tschebotarioff Effect, is influenced by several factors. In this work, the influence factors that were studied are the soil consolidation, the group effect and the distance of the piles from the base of the embankment. The influence of the consolidation on the development of deep horizontal displacements was analyzed based on the results obtained through field instrumentation. On the other hand, the influence of the group effect and the distance of the piles from the embankment base were analyzed using a two-dimensional numerical analysis in the Plaxis 2D program. The results of the instrumentation showed that the ratio between the maximum horizontal displacements and the settlements is around 0,16 throughout the entire embankment elevation. Regarding numerical modeling, their results showed that the group effect can reduce horizontal displacements in the rear piles by around 14 per cent and the bending moments by up to 58 per cent. In addition, it has been observed that horizontal displacements and stresses on the piles can only be considered negligible from distances corresponding to about 2.5 times the soft soil thickness.