Screed

Screed has three meanings in building construction: In the United States, a person called a concrete finisher performs the process of screeding, which is the process of cutting off excess wet concrete to bring the top surface of a slab to the proper grade and smoothness.

A plasterer also may use a screed to level a wall or ceiling surface in plasterwork.

[4] Flowing screeds are made from inert fillers such as sand, with a binder system based on cement or often calcium sulphate.

Due to the easy consolidation thickness can sometimes be reduced in comparison to conventional screeds.

A development in the UK is the delivery, mixing, and pumping of screed from a single vehicle.