TIMOTHY F. MURPHY
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents, that
the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints each of Gerald S. Lippes,
Michael E. Storck and Paul J. Schulz,
acting individually, as the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter
described on behalf of and in the name,
place and stead of the undersigned to:

      (1)  prepare, execute, acknowledge,
deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including
any amendments thereto) with respect to
the securities of Gibraltar Industries, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, any national securities
exchanges and the Company, as considered
necessary or advisable under Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time
(the "Exchange Act");

      (2)  seek or obtain, as the
undersigned's representative and on
the undersigned's behalf, information on
transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes
any such person to release any such
information to each of the undersigned's
attorneys-in-fact appointed by this Power of
Attorney and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

      (3)  perform any and all other acts
which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact
are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of
the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

      (1)  this Power of Attorney authorizes, but
does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act
in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification
of such information;

      (2)  any documents prepared and/or executed
by either such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
will be in such form and will contain such
information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

      (3)  neither the Company nor either of
such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability
for the undersigned's responsibility to comply
with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii)any
 liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation
or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement
under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

      (4)  this Power of Attorney does not relieve
the undersigned from responsibility for compliance
with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the
reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and grants
each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary
or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if present, hereby
ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of,
for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Limited Power of Attorney.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to each such
attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 9th day of March, 2012.


__/Timothy F. Murphy/______________________
Timothy F. Murphy


STATE OF NEW YORK
				SS:
COUNTY OF ERIE

	On the __ day of March in the year 2012,
before me, the undersigned, a notary public in
and for said state, personally appeared
Timothy F. Murphy, personally known to me or
provided to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence
to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are)
subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged
to me that he/she/they executed the same in
his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their
signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s)
or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s)
acted, executed the instrument.


 _____/Ellen M. Lista/___________________________
		Notary Public







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