Ground settlement induced by shield tunnelling is an important issue in the tunnel construction in urban area. The ground loss and pore pressure change induced by the advance of shield machine and the unloading of excavation are the major causes for the ground settlement. To understand the mechanism of pore pressure evolution intense measurements of the pore pressure transducers are taken before and after shield machine passing through the monitoring section. An analytical model is established and verified by comparisons with the field data. Numerical analysis is performed to investigate the relationship between thrusts, excess pore pressure increments, and consolidation settlements.