Exhibit 31(a)
CERTIFICATIONS

I, John D. Baker II, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Florida Rock
Industries, Inc.

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.	The company's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-
15(f))for the company and have:

a.	designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this report is being prepared;

b.	designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.	evaluated the effectiveness of the company's disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
the effectiveness of the disclosures controls and procedures, as
of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluations; and

d.	disclosed in this report any changes in the company's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the
company's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the company's internal control over financial report and

5.	The company's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to the company's auditors and the audit committee of the company's board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.	all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the company's ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information and

b.	any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the company's internal
controls over financial reporting.

Date:  February 1, 2006

                                       JOHN D. BAKER  II______
                                                 JOHN D. BAKER  II
					  President and Chief
                                     Executive Officer
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