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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Watorek Jeffrey J.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. [ROCK] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) VP, Treasurer, Secretary (Last) (First) (Middle) 3556 LAKE SHORE ROAD, P.O. BOX 2028 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/03/2017 (Street) BUFFALO, NY 14219-0228 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Performance Stock Units (April 2017) (1) 04/03/2017   A   2,023 (1) A $ 0 2,023 D   RSU (LTIP 4/3/2017) (2) 04/03/2017   A   506 (2) A $ 0 506 D   Common Stock               1,940 D   Common Stock (401k)               359.43 I 401k Discretionary RSU (Feb 2016)               1,200 D   RSU (LTIP 9/3/2013)               336 D   RSU (LTIP 9/4/2014)               598 D   RSU (LTIP 9/4/2015)               927 D   RSU (LTIP 9/6/2016)               568 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option (September 2008)

$ 22.16

(3)

09/09/2018

Common Stock

1,000

1,000

D

Option (September 2009)

$ 13.72

(3)

09/14/2019

Common Stock

2,000

2,000

D

Option (September 2010)

$ 8.9

(3)

09/13/2020

Common Stock

2,000

2,000

D

Option (September 2011)

$ 9.74

(3)

09/13/2021

Common Stock

2,500

2,500

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Watorek Jeffrey J. 3556 LAKE SHORE ROAD P.O. BOX 2028 BUFFALO, NY 14219-0228			VP, Treasurer, Secretary

Signatures

/s/ Paul J. Schulz, Attorney in Fact for Jeffrey J. Watorek		04/05/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents Performance Units which will be awarded to the Reporting Person under the Company 's Equity Incentive Plan upon achievement of the targeted return on invested capital for 2017. The maximum number of Performance Units which may be earned is two hundred percent (200%) of the Performance Units awarded for target level performance and the minimum number of Performance Units which may be earned is zero (0) Performance Units.
(2)	Represents restricted stock units awarded as part of the Company 's Long Term Incentive Plan. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the total units awarded vest and are payable, solely in shares of common stock of the Company, on April 3, 2018 and on each April 3rd thereafter through April 3, 2021.
(3)	Twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of options granted vest and become exercisable on each anniversary grant date.

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