Superhydrophobic coatings on Portland cement concrete surfaces

•Portland cement concrete (PCC) surfaces were coated with low surface energy materials.•Layer-by-layer (LBL) deposition technique was utilized for coating the PCC substrates.•The coated PCC substrates reached high levels of hydrophobicity (water-repellency).•Effect of concrete surface texture was studied on the skid resistance of coated concrete.•Turf drag surface texture greatly enhanced the skid resistance of superhydrophobic PCC.