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 Jennifer L. Commander and C. Samuel
Todd, or either 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 14th day of February, 2023.

/s/ Denson N. Franklin III
Denson N. Franklin III