“…Geotechnical in situ tests have become an effective method for determining geotechnical design parameters [14,15]. Nevertheless, due to the limited permeability of soft marine clay, the foundation treatment only results in the formation of a solid soil layer on top, while the underlying layer of soft marine clay remains incompletely consolidated, referred to as an underconsolidated condition [1,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. During the consolidation of a compressible foundation layer under consolidation, residual excess pore water pressures are present, which result from previous loads or self-weight.…”