The foundation pit of Suzhou Oriental Gate is an open-type and specially big & deep one in plane with length of about 205 m, width of about 103 m and depth of 20.5 m except local deeper areas. In this paper, the information of the surrounding soil and underground pipelines deformation as well as upright post settlement obtained in construction monitoring are sorted out and analyzed, and some beneficial conclusions are obtained that can be provided as reference of deep foundation pit design, construction and monitoring in soft soil area.