Consolidation provides an estimation of the settlement rate and size that any particular soil has undergone. An experimental examination has been performed in the current study to investigate the characteristics of consolidation settlement by 3D consolidation apparatus allowing only radial drainage of pore water under varying surcharge pressure and the condition having the highest consolidation characteristics is determined. Often, in the field where hard bedrock exists, the vertical drainage of water is blocked, so drainage is allowed only in the radial direction; therefore, in the present study, only radial drainage is considered to predict the soil’s ability to consolidate under the ensuing in-situ conditions. The effect of surcharge pressure is investigated by applying various surcharge pressures of 10, 20, 30, and 40 kPa. It has been shown that as surcharge pressure increases, compression index and co-efficient of consolidation decrease. Increasing surcharge pressure on the surrounding soil results in a rapid reduction in the soil’s void ratio in that area. As a result, the lateral expulsion of pore water and the soil particles’ lateral strain during consolidation decrease, thereby reducing the rate of consolidation and compression index. The current study is helpful for soil situations where soft saturated clayey soil exists.