EXHIBIT 24


POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all men by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of William F. Denson, III, Amy M. Tucker and Jerry F. Perkins,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) 	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the capacity as an officer
and/or director of Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G and amendments
thereto in accordance with Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the
undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's
ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4 or
5, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, or other form or report, and timely file such
form, schedule or report with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any other authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or
her discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary
and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or their substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Sections 13(d) and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, Schedule 13D,
Schedule 13G, or other form or report with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in fact.


		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 16th day of November, 2007.




/S/ DANNY R. SHEPHERD
Danny R. Shepherd