Vulcan Materials Company For a printer friendly version, click here. Thursday, October 19, 2006 VULCAN TO PRESENT AT THE GOLDMAN SACHS GLOBAL CAPITAL GOODS CONFERENCE Birmingham, Alabama – October 19, 2006 – Don James, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE:VMC), will be presenting at the Goldman Sachs Global Capital Goods Conference on Wednesday, November 1, 2006. The conference will take place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Park Avenue at Grand Central, in New York City. Vulcan’s presentation will begin at approximately 11:25 a.m. EST and will be web cast live. An archived replay will be available through the Company’s website for 30 days following the presentation. The live webcast, as well as the archived replay, can be accessed through the link below. Windows Media Player is required to participate in the webcast. This link no longer active Vulcan Materials Company, a member of the S&P 500 Index, is the nation’s foremost producer of construction aggregates and a major producer of other construction materials. For additional information about Vulcan, see vulcanmaterials.com. For further information contact Mark Warren (IR) or David Donaldson (Media) at (205) 298-3220.