CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME [Abstract]
Total revenues	[1]	$ 2,088.3	$ 1,516.5	$ 5,583.3	$ 3,945.9
Cost of revenues		1,595.4	1,122.4	4,375.5	2,924.2
Gross profit		492.9	394.1	1,207.8	1,021.7
Selling, administrative and general expenses		135.3	103.8	388.7	293.1
Gain on sale of property, plant & equipment and businesses		23.8	2.9	28.4	120.3
Loss on impairments		(67.8)	(0.0)	(67.8)	(4.6)
Other operating expense, net		(8.2)	(30.8)	(19.8)	(44.9)
Operating earnings		305.4	262.4	759.9	799.4
Other nonoperating income (expense), net		1.3	3.1	(1.7)	17.3
Interest expense, net		46.1	36.8	120.8	111.6
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes		260.6	228.7	637.4	705.1
Income tax expense		82.3	51.7	164.6	169.7
Earnings from continuing operations		178.3	177.0	472.8	535.4
Loss on discontinued operations, net of tax		(1.2)	(0.2)	(16.1)	(2.7)
Net earnings		177.1	176.8	456.7	532.7
(Earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest		(0.0)	0.1	(0.5)	0.2
Net earnings attributable to Vulcan		177.1	176.9	456.2	532.9
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Amortization of prior cash flow hedge loss		0.4	0.4	1.1	1.1
Amortization of actuarial loss and prior service cost for benefit plans		0.7	1.2	2.2	3.7
Other comprehensive income		1.1	1.6	3.3	4.8
Comprehensive income		178.2	178.4	460.0	537.5
Comprehensive (earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest		(0.0)	0.1	(0.5)	0.2
Comprehensive income attributable to Vulcan		$ 178.2	$ 178.5	$ 459.5	$ 537.7
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to Vulcan
Continuing operations		$ 1.34	$ 1.33	$ 3.55	$ 4.03
Discontinued operations		(0.01)	0.00	(0.12)	(0.02)
Net earnings		1.33	1.33	3.43	4.01
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to Vulcan
Continuing operations		1.33	1.33	3.54	4.01
Discontinued operations		0.00	(0.01)	(0.12)	(0.02)
Net earnings		$ 1.33	$ 1.32	$ 3.42	$ 3.99
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
Basic		133.0	132.8	133.0	132.8
Assuming dilution		133.6	133.5	133.6	133.5
Effective tax rate from continuing operations		31.60%	22.60%	25.80%	24.10%

[1] ¹ The geographic markets are defined by states/countries as follows: East market - Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington D.C. Gulf Coast market - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Freeport (Bahamas), Puerto Cortés (Honduras) and Quintana Roo (Mexico) West market - Arizona, California and New Mexico U.S. Concrete - California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Washington D.C., and British Columbia (Canada)