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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints William F. Denson, III, Amy M. Tucker, and Jerry F. Perkins, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned to sign the name of the undersigned as director to any registration statements on Form S-3 covering shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued pursuant to (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Elmer Larson, LLC, MSJ Larson, Inc., Vulcan Construction Materials, LP, Michael D. Larson, Stephen Larson and John Larson and (ii) that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions by and between Webber-Plyley, Inc. and Calmat Co. (doing business as Vulcan Materials Company Western Division), and to any and all amendments to said registration statements, including post-effective amendments thereto, said registration statements and amendments to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 thereof and Regulation C, Regulation S-K and the General Rules and regulations thereunder, with full power in said attorneys of substitution and revocation, all as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying all that said attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company has executed this Power of Attorney this 29th day of February, 2008.
         
     
  /s/ philip j. carroll, Jr.    
  Philip J. Carroll, Jr.   
     

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints William F. Denson, III, Amy M. Tucker, and Jerry F. Perkins, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned to sign the name of the undersigned as director to any registration statements on Form S-3 covering shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued pursuant to (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Elmer Larson, LLC, MSJ Larson, Inc., Vulcan Construction Materials, LP, Michael D. Larson, Stephen Larson and John Larson and (ii) that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions by and between Webber-Plyley, Inc. and Calmat Co. (doing business as Vulcan Materials Company Western Division), and to any and all amendments to said registration statements, including post-effective amendments thereto, said registration statements and amendments to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 thereof and Regulation C, Regulation S-K and the General Rules and regulations thereunder, with full power in said attorneys of substitution and revocation, all as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying all that said attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company has executed this Power of Attorney this 29th day of February, 2007.
         
     
  /s/ john d. baker ii    
  John D. Baker II   
     

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints William F. Denson, III, Amy M. Tucker, and Jerry F. Perkins, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned to sign the name of the undersigned as director to any registration statements on Form S-3 covering shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued pursuant to (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Elmer Larson, LLC, MSJ Larson, Inc., Vulcan Construction Materials, LP, Michael D. Larson, Stephen Larson and John Larson and (ii) that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions by and between Webber-Plyley, Inc. and Calmat Co. (doing business as Vulcan Materials Company Western Division), and to any and all amendments to said registration statements, including post-effective amendments thereto, said registration statements and amendments to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 thereof and Regulation C, Regulation S-K and the General Rules and regulations thereunder, with full power in said attorneys of substitution and revocation, all as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying all that said attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company has executed this Power of Attorney this 29th day of February, 2007.
         
     
  /s/ ann mclaughlin korologos    
  Ann McLaughlin Korologos   
     

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints William F. Denson, III, Amy M. Tucker, and Jerry F. Perkins, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned to sign the name of the undersigned as director to any registration statements on Form S-3 covering shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued pursuant to (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Elmer Larson, LLC, MSJ Larson, Inc., Vulcan Construction Materials, LP, Michael D. Larson, Stephen Larson and John Larson and (ii) that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions by and between Webber-Plyley, Inc. and Calmat Co. (doing business as Vulcan Materials Company Western Division), and to any and all amendments to said registration statements, including post-effective amendments thereto, said registration statements and amendments to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 thereof and Regulation C, Regulation S-K and the General Rules and regulations thereunder, with full power in said attorneys of substitution and revocation, all as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying all that said attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company has executed this Power of Attorney this 29th day of February, 2007.
         
     
  /s/ phillip w. farmer    
  Phillip W. Farmer   
     

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints William F. Denson, III, Amy M. Tucker, and Jerry F. Perkins, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned to sign the name of the undersigned as director to any registration statements on Form S-3 covering shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued pursuant to (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Elmer Larson, LLC, MSJ Larson, Inc., Vulcan Construction Materials, LP, Michael D. Larson, Stephen Larson and John Larson and (ii) that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions by and between Webber-Plyley, Inc. and Calmat Co. (doing business as Vulcan Materials Company Western Division), and to any and all amendments to said registration statements, including post-effective amendments thereto, said registration statements and amendments to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 thereof and Regulation C, Regulation S-K and the General Rules and regulations thereunder, with full power in said attorneys of substitution and revocation, all as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying all that said attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company has executed this Power of Attorney this 29th day of February, 2007.
         
     
  /s/ h. allen franklin    
  H. Allen Franklin   
     

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints William F. Denson, III, Amy M. Tucker, and Jerry F. Perkins, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned to sign the name of the undersigned as director to any registration statements on Form S-3 covering shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued pursuant to (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Elmer Larson, LLC, MSJ Larson, Inc., Vulcan Construction Materials, LP, Michael D. Larson, Stephen Larson and John Larson and (ii) that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions by and between Webber-Plyley, Inc. and Calmat Co. (doing business as Vulcan Materials Company Western Division), and to any and all amendments to said registration statements, including post-effective amendments thereto, said registration statements and amendments to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 thereof and Regulation C, Regulation S-K and the General Rules and regulations thereunder, with full power in said attorneys of substitution and revocation, all as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying all that said attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company has executed this Power of Attorney this 29th day of February, 2007.
         
     
  /s/ douglas j. mcgregor    
  Douglas J. McGregor   
     

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints William F. Denson, III, Amy M. Tucker, and Jerry F. Perkins, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned to sign the name of the undersigned as director to any registration statements on Form S-3 covering shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued pursuant to (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Elmer Larson, LLC, MSJ Larson, Inc., Vulcan Construction Materials, LP, Michael D. Larson, Stephen Larson and John Larson and (ii) that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions by and between Webber-Plyley, Inc. and Calmat Co. (doing business as Vulcan Materials Company Western Division), and to any and all amendments to said registration statements, including post-effective amendments thereto, said registration statements and amendments to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 thereof and Regulation C, Regulation S-K and the General Rules and regulations thereunder, with full power in said attorneys of substitution and revocation, all as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying all that said attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company has executed this Power of Attorney this 29th day of February, 2007.
         
     
  /s/ james v. napier    
  James V. Napier   
     

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints William F. Denson, III, Amy M. Tucker, and Jerry F. Perkins, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned to sign the name of the undersigned as director to any registration statements on Form S-3 covering shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued pursuant to (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Elmer Larson, LLC, MSJ Larson, Inc., Vulcan Construction Materials, LP, Michael D. Larson, Stephen Larson and John Larson and (ii) that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions by and between Webber-Plyley, Inc. and Calmat Co. (doing business as Vulcan Materials Company Western Division), and to any and all amendments to said registration statements, including post-effective amendments thereto, said registration statements and amendments to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 thereof and Regulation C, Regulation S-K and the General Rules and regulations thereunder, with full power in said attorneys of substitution and revocation, all as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying all that said attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company has executed this Power of Attorney this 29th day of February, 2007.
         
     
  /s/ donald b. rice    
  Donald B. Rice   
     

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints William F. Denson, III, Amy M. Tucker, and Jerry F. Perkins, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned to sign the name of the undersigned as director to any registration statements on Form S-3 covering shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued pursuant to (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Elmer Larson, LLC, MSJ Larson, Inc., Vulcan Construction Materials, LP, Michael D. Larson, Stephen Larson and John Larson and (ii) that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions by and between Webber-Plyley, Inc. and Calmat Co. (doing business as Vulcan Materials Company Western Division), and to any and all amendments to said registration statements, including post-effective amendments thereto, said registration statements and amendments to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 thereof and Regulation C, Regulation S-K and the General Rules and regulations thereunder, with full power in said attorneys of substitution and revocation, all as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying all that said attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company has executed this Power of Attorney this 29th day of February, 2007.
         
     
  /s/ orin r. smith    
  Orin R. Smith   
     

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
     The undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints William F. Denson, III, Amy M. Tucker, and Jerry F. Perkins, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned to sign the name of the undersigned as director to any registration statements on Form S-3 covering shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued pursuant to (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement by and among Elmer Larson, LLC, MSJ Larson, Inc., Vulcan Construction Materials, LP, Michael D. Larson, Stephen Larson and John Larson and (ii) that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions by and between Webber-Plyley, Inc. and Calmat Co. (doing business as Vulcan Materials Company Western Division), and to any and all amendments to said registration statements, including post-effective amendments thereto, said registration statements and amendments to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 thereof and Regulation C, Regulation S-K and the General Rules and regulations thereunder, with full power in said attorneys of substitution and revocation, all as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying all that said attorneys or their substitutes may lawfully do by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director of Vulcan Materials Company has executed this Power of Attorney this 29th day of February, 2007.
         
     
  /s/ vincent j. trosino    
  Vincent J. Trosino   
     
 

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