UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 29, 2016


GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (831) 724-1011

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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Item 2.02.            Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 29, 2016, Granite Construction Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release with respect to its earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2016, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.  

The press release referred to above contains non-GAAP financial measures of EBITDA and Consolidated EBITDA Margin.  Management believes the non-GAAP measures of EBITDA and Consolidated EBITDA Margin are useful in evaluating operating performance and are regularly used by securities analysts, institutional investors and other interested parties, and that such supplemental measures facilitate comparisons between companies that have different capital and financing structures and/or tax rates.  However, the reader is cautioned that any non-GAAP financial measures provided by the Company are provided in addition to, and not as alternatives for, the Company's reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP.  Items that may have a significant impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows must be considered when assessing the Company's actual financial condition and performance regardless of whether these items are included in non-GAAP financial measures.  The methods used by the Company to calculate its non-GAAP financial measures may differ significantly from methods used by other companies to compute similar measures.  As a result, any non-GAAP financial measures provided by the Company may not be comparable to similar measures provided by other companies.

The information set forth under Item 2.02 “Results of Operations and Financial Condition” is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall the information set forth under this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS