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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-09-003901
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090514
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090514
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090514

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:		09826907

	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
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><font style="font-size: 12pt">Washington,
      D.C. 20549</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>FORM
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      REPORT</b></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt"><b>Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</b></font><br><font style="font-size: 12pt"><b>Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934</b></font><font style="font-size: 12pt"><br style="font-size: 12pt"></font><br><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt"><b>Date
      of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 14, 2009</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-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><font style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font>
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            <b>Louisiana</b>
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            <b>0-22303</b>
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            <b>72-1147390</b>
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            of incorporation)
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            (Commission
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            File Number)
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            (IRS Employer
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            Identification No.)
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      <b>583 Thompson Road</b><br><b>Houma, Louisiana 70363</b><br>&#160;(Address
      of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)<br><br><br><br><b>(985)
      872-2100</b><br>(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)<br><br><br><br><b>Not
      applicable</b><br>(Former name or former address, if changed since last
      report)<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
      simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any
      of the following provisions </font>(see General Instruction A.2. below)<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">:</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
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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
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      <b>Item 8.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Other Events.</b>
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    <p style="text-align: justify">
      &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;On May 14, 2009, Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. issued a press
      release announcing that that the graving dock currently containing the <i>ATP
      Titan</i> hull was awarded a gold medal in the Engineering Excellence
      Award Competition held by the Texas Council of Engineering Companies.&#160;&#160;A
      copy of the press release is attached.
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      <b>Item 9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</b>
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      (c) Exhibits<b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</b>
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      The following exhibit is filed herewith:
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      Exhibit No.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Description
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      99.1 &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Press Release dated May 14, 2009
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      <b>SIGNATURES</b><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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            (Principal Financial Officer
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            Dated:
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            May 14, 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>Graving
      Dock Earns Gold Medal Engineering Excellence Award</b></font>
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    <p>
      HOUMA, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2009--Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.
      (NASDAQ: GIFI) announced today that the graving dock currently
      containing the <i>ATP Titan</i> hull was awarded a gold medal in the
      Engineering Excellence Award Competition held by the Texas Council of
      Engineering Companies. The Texas Council honors and recognizes
      outstanding achievements within the engineering community based on
      uniqueness, originality, technical design, value to the engineering
      profession, complexity and how successfully the project met the needs of
      the client. The graving dock was designed by HDR/Shiner Moseley.
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      Kerry J. Chauvin, Chairman and CEO of Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.,
      stated, &#8220;This is the first graving dock for offshore construction in the
      United States. The graving dock, located at Gulf Island Fabrication,
      Inc.&#8217;s subsidiary Gulf Marine Fabricators, measures 600 feet long by 250
      feet wide and 40 feet deep. It has a reinforced concrete slab floor and
      sheet pile walls. Around the perimeter, the graving dock has pile
      supported relieving platforms to take the surcharge load applied by
      cranes. When flooded, the graving dock will have a minimum of 30 feet of
      water over the concrete floor. When the hull construction is completed,
      the graving dock will be flooded and the sheet piles separating the dock
      from the channel will be removed allowing the <i>ATP Titan</i> to float
      out of the dock and be towed to sea avoiding the need to lift the 18,000
      ton hull onto a barge and thereby reducing cost from the construction
      process. Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. is proud to be part of this
      innovative concept and development to enhance the deepwater requirements
      for the oil and gas industry.&#8221;
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      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;)), SPARs,
      FPSOs and MinDOCs, 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 jack-up
      drilling rigs, semi-submersible drilling rigs, TLPs, SPARs or other
      similar cargo onshore, and offshore scaffolding and piping insulation
      services and steel warehousing and sales.
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      Photos/Multimedia&#160;Gallery Available: <u>http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5965531&amp;lang=en</u>
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      CONTACT:<br>Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.<br>Kerry J. Chauvin, Chief
      Executive Officer, 985-872-2100<br>or<br>Robin A. Seibert, Chief
      Financial Officer, 985-872-2100
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