Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS , the undersigned Director of Valmont
Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints each
of Mogens C. Bay and Terry J. McClain as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power to act for him in his name, place and stead in any
and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all
instruments which said attorney and agent may deem necessary or desirable to
enable Valmont Industries, Inc. to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the registration on
Form S-8 under said Act of shares of common stock of this corporation issuable
under the VERSP Restoration Plan, together with all interests in such plan,
including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
power and authority to sign the name of Valmont Industries, Inc. and the name of
the undersigned Director to the registration statement, any amendments
(including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to any instruments and
documents filed as part of or in connection with said registration statement or
amendments thereto; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorney and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto signed this power of
attorney this 26th day of April, 2001.


  /s/  Robert B. Daugherty                   /s/  Charles D. Peebler, Jr.
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Robert B. Daugherty                       Charles D. Peebler, Jr.

  /s/  Bruce Rohde                           /s/  John E. Jones
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Bruce Rohde                               John E. Jones

  /s/  Walter Scott, Jr.                     /s/  Thomas F. Madison
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Walter Scott, Jr.                         Thomas F. Madison

  /s/  Kenneth E. Stinson
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Kenneth E. Stinson