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, Jr. and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned to sign the name of the undersigned as director to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 of said corporation to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to any and all amendments to said report.

     The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys full power of substitution, resubstitution 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 29^th day of February, 2008.

/s/ John D. Baker, II  

     John D. Baker, II 

/s/ Philip J. Carroll, Jr.  

     Philip J. Carroll, Jr. 

/s/ Phillip W. Farmer  

     Phillip W. Farmer 

/s/ H. Allen Franklin  

     H. Allen Franklin 

/s/ Ann McLaughlin Korologos  

     Ann McLaughlin Korologos 

/s/ Douglas J. McGregor  

     Douglas J. McGregor 

/s/ James V. Napier  

     James V. Napier 

/s/ Donald B. Rice  

     Donald B. Rice 

/s/ Orin R. Smith  

     Orin R. Smith 

/s/ Vincent J. Trosino  

     Vincent J. Trosino