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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23











                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS




As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference of our report dated June 16, 2000, included in this Form 11-K for the
year ended December 31, 1999, and the nine months ended December 31, 1998, into
Centex Construction Products, Inc.'s previously filed Registration Statement on
Form S-8 No. 33-82928 and to all references to our firm therein.







                                                       ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Dallas, Texas
  June 27, 2000



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