. J.I. Kindangen 2 & Budi I. Setiawan 3 1 Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Sam Ratulangi University, Manado, Indonesia 2 Department of Architecture, Engineering Faculty,. Manado, Indonesia 3 Department of Civil and Enviromental Engineering, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Bogor, Indonesia Communicating author, email : bsompie@yahoo.com CONSOLIDATION ANALYSIS. appropriate for solving the environment engineering of geotechnical problems. Keywords: consolidation, embankment, staged construction, soft soil. INTRODUCTION Construction of embankment dams...