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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-09-002694
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090415
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090415
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090415

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GULF ISLAND FABRICATION INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001031623
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FABRICATED STRUCTURAL METAL PRODUCTS [3440]
		IRS NUMBER:				721147390
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			LA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34279
		FILM NUMBER:		09750507

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GULF ISLAND FABRICATION INC
		STREET 2:		583 THOMPSON RD
		CITY:			HOUMA
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70361
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5048722100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 310
		CITY:			HOUMA
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70361
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      <font style="font-size: 12pt">UNITED STATES</font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt">SECURITIES
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>FORM 8-K</b></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>CURRENT
      REPORT</b></font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt">Pursuant to Section
      13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><br>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">Date of
      Report </font><i><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">(Date
      of earliest event reported)</font></i><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">:
      April 15, 2009</font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><b>GULF
      ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.</b></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><i><font style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></i>
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            Louisiana
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            0-22303
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            72-1147390
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            &#160;
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            &#160;
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            &#160;
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          583 Thompson Road Houma, Louisiana
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          &#160;
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          70363
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      (985) 872-2100<br><i>(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)<br></i><br><br>N/A<br><i>(Former
      name or former address, if changed since last report)</i><br><br>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">Check the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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      of the following provisions:</font>
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      <font style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: 10pt">&#8414;</font>
      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)</font>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))</font>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"><b>Item
      8.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Other Events.</b></font>
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      On April 15, 2009, Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. issued a press release
      announcing that Kerry J. Chauvin, Chief Executive Officer and Robin A.
      Seibert, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the 13<sup>th</sup>
      Annual BURKENROAD REPORTS Investment Conference hosted by Tulane
      University&#8217;s Freeman School of Business.&#160;&#160;The event will be held on
      Friday, April 24, 2009 at the Chateau Bourbon Hotel at 800 Iberville
      Street in New Orleans.&#160;&#160;A copy of the press release is attached.
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          The following exhibit is filed herewith:
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          Exhibit No.
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          Description
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          99.1
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          Press Release dated April 15, 2009
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      SIGNATURE<br>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">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.</font>
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            <b>GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.</b>
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            &#160;
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          By:
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            /s/ Robin A. Seibert
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            Robin A. Seibert
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            Vice President &#8211; Finance,
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            Chief Financial Officer
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            and Treasurer
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            Dated:
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            April 15, 2009
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      <b>Exhibit 99.1</b>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>Gulf
      Island Fabrication, Inc. to Present at 13</b></font><b><sup><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">th</font></sup><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">
      Annual BURKENROAD REPORTS Investment Conference</font></b>
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      HOUMA, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2009--Gulf Island Fabrication,
      Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI), one of America&#8217;s leading fabricators of offshore
      drilling and production platforms, today announced that Kerry J.
      Chauvin, Chief Executive Officer, and Robin A. Seibert, Chief Financial
      Officer, will present at the 13<sup>th</sup> Annual BURKENROAD REPORTS
      Investment Conference hosted by Tulane University&#8217;s Freeman School of
      Business. The event will be held on Friday, April 24, 2009 at the
      Chateau Bourbon Hotel at 800 Iberville Street in New Orleans.
    </p>
    <p>
      The event is free and open to the public. To see the conference agenda
      and register please go to <u>www.burkenroad.org</u>. The conference
      coincides with the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage
      Festival and is a very popular annual event for both individual and
      institutional investors.
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    <p>
      Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., based in Houma, Louisiana, is a leading
      fabricator of offshore drilling and production platforms, hull and/or
      deck sections of floating production platforms and other specialized
      structures used in the development and production of offshore oil and
      gas reserves. These structures include jackets and deck sections of
      fixed production platforms; hull and/or deck sections of floating
      production platforms (such as tension leg platforms (&#8220;TLPs&#8221;)), &#8220;SPARs,
      FPSOs&#8221;, piles, wellhead protectors, subsea templates and various
      production, compressor and utility modules, offshore living quarters,
      tanks<b> </b>and barges.<b> </b>The Company also provides offshore
      interconnect pipe hook-up, inshore marine construction, manufacture and
      repair of pressure vessels, heavy lifts such as ship integration and TLP
      module integration, loading and offloading of jack-up drilling rigs,
      semi-submersible drilling rigs, TLPs, SPARs, or other similar cargo,
      onshore and offshore scaffolding, piping insulation services, and steel
      warehousing and sales.
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    <p>
      CONTACT:<br>Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.<br>Kerry J. Chauvin,
      985-872-2100<br>Chief Executive Officer<br>or<br>Robin A. Seibert,
      985-872-2100<br>Chief Financial Officer
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