FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/01/2017 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. [ROCK] (Last) (First) (Middle) 3556 LAKE SHORE ROAD, P.O. BOX 2028 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) VP, Treasurer, Secretary 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) BUFFALO, NY 14219-0228 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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 1,940 D   Common Stock (401k) 359.43 I 401k Discretionary RSU (Feb 2016) 1,200 (1) D   RSU (LTIP 9/3/2013) 336 (2) D   RSU (LTIP 9/4/2014) 598 (3) D   RSU (LTIP 9/4/2015) 927 (4) D   RSU (LTIP 9/6/2016) 568 (5) D Â

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

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Option (September 2008)	  (6)	09/09/2018	Common Stock	1,000	$ 22.16	D	Â
Option (September 2009)	  (6)	09/14/2019	Common Stock	2,000	$ 13.72	D	Â
Option (September 2010)	  (6)	09/13/2020	Common Stock	2,000	$ 8.9	D	Â
Option (September 2011)	  (6)	09/13/2021	Common Stock	2,500	$ 9.74	D	Â

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	Â	Â	  VP, Treasurer, Secretary	Â

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 5(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 Discretionary Restricted Stock Units issued to Reporting Person. Discretionary Restricted Stock Units vest and are payable, solely in shares of common stock of the Company, at the end of three (3) consecutive calendar year periods beginning on February 17, 2016 ending on February 16, 2019 or, if earlier, upon death, disability or retirement. Restricted Stock Units are forfeited if employment is terminated before February 16, 2019 for reasons other than death, disability or retirement.
(2)	Represents restricted stock units remaining from stock units awarded September 3, 2013 as a 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 September 3, 2014 and on each September 3rd thereafter through September 3, 2017.
(3)	Represents restricted stock units remaining from stock units awarded September 3, 2014 as a 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 September 4, 2015 and on each September 4th thereafter through September 4, 2018.
(4)	Represents restricted stock units remaining from stock units awarded September 4, 2015 as a 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 September 4, 2016 and on each September 4th thereafter through September 4, 2019.
(5)	Represents restricted stock units awarded on September 6, 2016 as a 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 September 6, 2017 and on each September 6th thereafter through September 6, 2020.
(6)	Twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of options granted vest and become exercisable on each anniversary grant date.

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