<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>shahpoa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
STATE OF ALABAMA
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON

The undersigned director, officer, and/or shareholder of Vulcan
Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, hereby nominates,
constitutes, and appoints Denson N. Franklin III, and Jennifer
L. Commander, or any of them, the true and lawful attorneys of
The undersigned, to prepare, based on information provided by
The undersigned, and sign the name of the undersigned to (1)
Any Form 3 required to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), for
and on behalf of the undersigned and any and all amendments
to said report; (2) any Form 4 required to be filed with the
SEC under the Exchange Act, for and on behalf of the
undersigned and any and all amendments to said reports; and
(3) any Form 5 to be filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act,
for and on behalf of the undersigned and any and all amendments
to said reports.

The undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys full power of
substitution, re-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.

This Power of Attorney shall be effective for so long as the
undersigned remains subject to the provisions of Section 16 of
the Exchange Act, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in
a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 7th day of July, 2025.

/s/ Mitesh B. Shah
Mitesh B. Shah
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
