GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INC

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )

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585 West Beach Street

Watsonville, California 95076

Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

April 23, 2026

Purposes of the Meeting:

•To elect three directors of Granite Construction Incorporated (the “Company”) for a term set to expire at the 2029 annual meeting;

•To hold an advisory vote on executive compensation for the Named Executive Officers;

•To ratify the appointment by the Audit/Compliance Committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Granite's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026; and

•To consider any other matters properly brought before the meeting.

Who May Attend the Meeting:

Only shareholders and/or their representatives, persons holding proxies from shareholders, and invited representatives of the media and financial community may attend the meeting.

How to Participate:

To participate in the Annual Meeting, you must visit http://www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GVA2026 and enter the 16-digit control number included in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, on your proxy card, or in the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. During the Annual Meeting, shareholders may vote their shares virtually (other than persons who hold shares in the Granite Construction Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan (such persons, the “401(k) Participants” and such plan, the “401(k) Plan”) and submit questions by following the instructions available on the meeting website. If you are a beneficial shareholder, you may contact the bank, broker or other institution where you hold your shares if you have questions about obtaining your control number.

Record Date:

The record date for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) is April 10, 2026. This means that if you own Granite stock at the close of business on that date, you are entitled to receive notice of the meeting and vote at the meeting and any adjournments or postponements of the meeting.

Annual Report:

Our Annual Report to Shareholders for 2025 will be made available to shareholders at the same time as the proxy materials.

Shareholder List:

For 10 days prior to the meeting, a complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting will be available for examination by any shareholder for any purpose related to the meeting during regular business hours at Granite's headquarters located at 585 West Beach Street, Watsonville, CA 95076.

Information about the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials:

Instead of mailing a printed copy of our proxy materials, including our Annual Report, to each shareholder of record, we will provide access to these materials online. This reduces the amount of paper necessary to produce these materials, as well as the costs associated with mailing these materials to all shareholders. Accordingly, on or about April 23, 2026, we will begin mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to all shareholders of record as of April 10, 2026, other than to 401(k) Participants. We will also post our proxy materials on the website referenced in the Notice

(https://www.proxyvote.com). All 401(k) Participants will receive a package in the mail that includes all proxy materials. The proxy materials will be mailed to all 401(k) Participants on or about April 23, 2026.

All shareholders may choose to access our proxy materials online or may request to receive a printed set of our proxy materials. In addition, the Notice and website provide information regarding how you may request to receive proxy materials in printed form by mail on an ongoing basis.

Proxy Voting:

Your vote is important. Please vote your proxy promptly so your shares can be represented at the Annual Meeting even if you plan to attend the meeting. Shareholders, including 401(k) Participants, can vote or provide voting directions, as applicable, by Internet, telephone or mail. Shareholders, other than 401(k) Participants, may revoke a proxy and vote virtually if attending the Annual Meeting.

The Annual Meeting will be held exclusively online via live audio webcast on the above date and time. You or your proxyholder will be able to attend the Annual Meeting online, vote your shares virtually (other than 401(k) Participants) and submit questions during the meeting by visiting http://www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GVA2026 and using your 16-digit control number included in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, on your proxy card, or in the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials.

In the event of a technical malfunction or other situation that the meeting chair determines may affect the ability of the Annual Meeting to satisfy the requirements for a meeting of shareholders to be held by means of remote communication under the Delaware General Corporation Law, or that otherwise makes it advisable to adjourn the Annual Meeting, the chair or secretary of the meeting will convene the meeting at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time on the date specified above and at our address specified above solely for the purpose of adjourning the meeting to reconvene at a date, time and physical or virtual location announced by the meeting chair. We will also post information regarding the adjournment on the investors page of our website at www.graniteconstruction.com. Additionally, the Company will display during the time scheduled for the Annual Meeting at http://www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GVA2026 the date, time and physical or virtual location of the adjourned meeting.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

M. Craig HallExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Compliance Officer and Secretary

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