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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-12-001754
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120410
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120410
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120410

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:		12752281

	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>
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      <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>
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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 10, 2012</font>
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      <font style="font-size: 12pt"><b>Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.</b></font><br><i><font style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></i><br><br>
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            72-1147390
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            <i>(IRS Employer Identification No.)</i>
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            567 Thompson Road, Houma, Louisiana
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          70363
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            <i>(Address of principal executive offices)</i>
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            <i>(Zip Code)</i>
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      (985) 872-2100<br><i>(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)</i><br><br>N/A<br><i>(Former
      name or former address, if changed since last report)</i>
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">Check the
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      simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any
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      [&#160;&#160;&#160;] &#160;&#160;<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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      [&#160;&#160;&#160;] &#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)</font>
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      [&#160;&#160;&#160;] &#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement
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      <b>Item 8.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Other Events.</b>
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      On April 10, 2012, Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. issued a press release
      announcing that Kerry J. Chauvin, Chief Executive Officer and Roy F.
      &#8220;Buddy&#8221; Breerwood, III, Interim Chief Financial Officer, will present at
      the 16<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 27, 2012 at the Westin New Orleans Canal
      Place Hotel located at 100 Rue Iberville Street in New Orleans.&#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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          Description
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          99.1
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          Press Release dated April 10, 2012
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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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            /s/ Roy F. &#8220;Buddy&#8221; Breerwood, III
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            Roy F. &#8220;Buddy&#8221; Breerwood, III
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            Interim Chief Financial Officer
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            April 10, 2012
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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 16</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 10, 2012--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 Roy F. &#8220;Buddy&#8221; Breerwood, III,
      Interim Chief Financial Officer, will present at the 16<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 27, 2012 at the Westin New Orleans Canal Place Hotel
      located at 100 Rue Iberville Street in New Orleans. The event is free
      and open to the public. To see the conference agenda and to register
      please go to <u>www.burkenroad.org</u>.
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    <p>
      Gulf Island&#8217;s presentation will be webcast live on Friday, April 27,
      2012 at 11:00 A.M. Central Time. The webcast will be provided through
      Wall Street Webcasting and can be viewed by accessing the &#8220;News&#8221; section
      of the Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. website (<u>www.gulfisland.com</u>)
      or through the following link <u>http://wsw.com/webcast/tulane11/gifi/</u>.
      The webcast will be archived for a period of 90 days following the
      presentation.
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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;), &#8220;SPARs&#8221;,
      &#8220;FPSOs&#8221; and MinDOCs&#8221;), piles, wellhead protectors, subsea templates and
      various production, compressor and utility modules, offshore living
      quarters, towboats, lift-boats, 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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      CONTACT:<br>Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.<br>Kerry J. Chauvin,
      985-872-2100<br>Chief Executive Officer<br>or<br>Roy F. &#8220;Buddy&#8221;
      Breerwood, III, 985-872-2100<br>Interim Chief Financial Officer
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