CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME [Abstract]
Total revenues	[1]	$ 7,315.2	$ 5,552.2	$ 4,856.8
Cost of revenues		5,757.5	4,178.8	3,575.3
Gross profit		1,557.7	1,373.4	1,281.5
Selling, administrative and general expenses		515.1	417.6	359.8
Gain on sale of property, plant & equipment and businesses		10.7	120.1	4.0
Loss on impairments		(67.9)	(4.6)	(0.0)
Other operating expense, net		(34.0)	(60.5)	(30.0)
Operating earnings		951.4	1,010.8	895.7
Other nonoperating income (expense), net		5.1	10.7	(17.5)
Interest income		0.8	1.6	1.6
Interest expense		169.2	149.3	136.0
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes		788.1	873.8	743.8
Income tax expense
Current		133.4	133.5	93.9
Deferred		59.6	66.6	61.9
Total income tax expense		193.0	200.1	155.8
Earnings from continuing operations		595.1	673.7	588.0
Loss on discontinued operations, net of tax		(18.6)	(3.3)	(3.5)
Net earnings		576.5	670.4	584.5
(Earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest		(0.9)	0.4	(0.0)
Net earnings attributable to Vulcan		575.6	670.8	584.5
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Deferred loss on cash flow hedge		0.0	0.0	(14.7)
Amortization of prior cash flow hedge loss		1.5	1.5	1.7
Adjustment for funded status of benefit plans		(6.5)	13.4	6.4
Amortization of actuarial loss and prior service cost for benefit plans		3.0	13.7	23.0
Other comprehensive income (loss)		(2.0)	28.6	16.4
Comprehensive income		574.5	699.0	600.9
Comprehensive (earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest		(0.9)	0.4	(0.0)
Comprehensive income attributable to Vulcan		$ 573.6	$ 699.4	$ 600.9
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to Vulcan
Continuing operations		$ 4.47	$ 5.08	$ 4.44
Discontinued operations		(0.14)	(0.03)	(0.03)
Net earnings		4.33	5.05	4.41
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to Vulcan
Continuing operations		4.45	5.05	4.41
Discontinued operations		(0.14)	(0.03)	(0.02)
Net earnings		$ 4.31	$ 5.02	$ 4.39
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
Basic		133.0	132.8	132.6
Assuming dilution		133.6	133.5	133.2

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