Smoothness — A Paving Priority

Oct. 13, 2011

For more than 70 years, nearly all pavers have utilized the free-floating, or self-leveling, screed to produce pavements with a level and smooth surface. Smooth and level pavement surfaces are critical. In fact, many paving projects awarded by agencies across the United States and Canada include bonuses for achieving acceptable smoothness or disincentives for failing to achieve specified pavement surface smoothness.

For more than 70 years, nearly all pavers have utilized the free-floating, or self-leveling, screed to produce pavements with a level and smooth surface. Smooth and level pavement surfaces are critical. In fact, many paving projects awarded by agencies across the United States and Canada include bonuses for achieving acceptable smoothness or disincentives for failing to achieve specified pavement surface smoothness.