8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 6, 2006


                          GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


        Louisiana                        0-22303                72-1147390
 (State or other jurisdiction          (Commission             (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                 File Number)          Identification No.)


                                583 Thompson Road
                             Houma, Louisiana 70363
               (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)



                                 (985) 872-2100
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                 Not applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01   Other Events.

     On November 1, 2006, Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. issued a press release
announcing that Clint Anderson has joined Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. as the
President of G. M. Fabricators, L. P. d/b/a Gulf Marine Fabricators, the
Company's South Texas facility. A copy of the press release is attached as
Exhibit 99.2.


Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c)  Exhibits

               The following exhibit is filed herewith:

               Exhibit No.    Description
               99.2           Press Release dated November 6, 2006



                                   SIGNATURES

     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.



                                        GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

                                        By:      /s/ Joseph P. Gallagher, III
                                                 ----------------------------
                                                   Joseph P. Gallagher, III
                                                   Vice President - Finance,
                                                    Chief Financial Officer
                                                         and Treasurer
                                                 (Principal Financial Officer
                                                  and Duly Authorized Officer)

Dated:  November 6, 2006

EX-99.2

                                                                    Exhibit 99.2

        Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. Announces New President
                     for Gulf Marine Fabricators


    HOUMA, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2006--Gulf Island
Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI) today announced that Clint Anderson
has joined Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. as the President of G. M.
Fabricators, L. P. d/b/a Gulf Marine Fabricators, the Company's South
Texas facility. Mr. Anderson has over 25 years of worldwide marine
fabrication and related experience.

    "We are delighted that a person with the marine fabrication
experience of Clint Anderson will be joining our Company," said Kerry
Chauvin, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Gulf Island Fabrication. "We
believe that Clint Anderson's leadership and knowledge will be a great
addition to the team at Gulf Marine Fabricators, which the Company
acquired earlier this year."

    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
("TLPs")), "SPARs, FPSOs", piles, wellhead protectors, subsea
templates and various production, compressor and utility modules,
offshore living quarters, tanks and barges. 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, TLP's, SPARs,
or other similar cargo, onshore and offshore scaffolding, piping
insulation services, and steel warehousing and sales.


    CONTACT: Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., Houma
             Kerry J. Chauvin, 985-872-2100
             Chief Executive Officer
             or
             Joseph "Duke" Gallagher, 985-872-2100
             Chief Financial Officer