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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-18-011570
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180606
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180611
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180611

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORTHWEST PIPE CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001001385
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL PIPE & TUBES [3317]
		IRS NUMBER:				930557988
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OR
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27140
		FILM NUMBER:		18892069

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5721 SE COLUMBIA WAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98661
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3603976250

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5721 SE COLUMBIA WAY
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98661
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </b><b>June&nbsp;</b><b>6</b><b>, 201</b><b>8</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>5721 SE Columbia Way, Suite 200</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:45pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;">At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Northwest Pipe Company (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) on June&nbsp;6, 2018, the Company&rsquo;s shareholders: (i)&nbsp;elected two directors; (ii)&nbsp;approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company&rsquo;s named executive officers; and (iii)&nbsp;ratified the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accountants for the year ending December&nbsp;31, 2018. Set forth below are the voting results for each of these proposals.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:45pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;">Proposal 1: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Election of two directors:</p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: left;">Keith Larson (three-year term)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">4,830,265</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">2,900,537</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">1,289,645</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: left;">Richard Roman (three-year term)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">4,985,530</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 15.4%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">2,745,272</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1.3%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 22%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">1,289,645</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.3%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:45.35pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;">Proposal 2: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Advisory vote on executive compensation:</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:7.55pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;">For</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 24%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">Against</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 24%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">Abstain</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Broker Non-votes</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:7.55pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;">6,896,852</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 24%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">693,866</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 24%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">140,084</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">1,289,645</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:45.35pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;">Proposal 3: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accountants for the year ending December&nbsp;31, 2018:</p>

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			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:7.55pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;">For</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 24%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Against</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 24%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Abstain</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Broker Non-votes</p>
			</td>
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		<tr style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:7.55pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;">9,006,253</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 24%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">11,854</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 24%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">2,340</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 23%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">-</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>SIGNATURE</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:24.5pt;">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 on June&nbsp;11, 2018.</p>

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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><b>NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY</b></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">(Registrant)</p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">By </font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;">/s/ Robin Gantt</p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Robin Gantt,</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Senior&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President</b><b>,</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Chief&nbsp;Financial&nbsp;Officer</b><b> and </b><b>Corporate </b><b>Secretary</b></p>
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