GULF ISLAND FABRICATION INC - Annual Report: 2012 (Form 10-K)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012

or

For the transition period from              to             

Commission File Number 001-34279

GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(985) 872-2100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding twelve months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant at June 29, 2012 was approximately $368,842,449.

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, no par value per share, outstanding as of March 13, 2013 was 14,456,522.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement prepared for use in connection with the registrant’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 25, 2013 have been incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

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GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR

THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2012

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Forward-Looking Information

Certain statements included in this report and in oral statements made from time to time by management of the Company that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. In this report, forward-looking statements are included primarily in the sections entitled “Business and Properties,” “Legal Proceedings,” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” The words “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “project,” “plan,” “estimate,” “predict” and similar expressions often identify forward-looking statements. All such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from the results and outcomes predicted in the statements and investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon them. Important factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from expectations or projections include those described in the section titled Risk Factors. Forward-looking statements speak only as to the date of this report, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise such statements to reflect new circumstances or unanticipated events or circumstances.

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Items 1 and 2.    Business and Properties

Certain technical terms are defined in the “Glossary of Certain Technical Terms” beginning on page G-1.

General

We are a leading fabricator of offshore drilling and production platforms, hull and deck sections of floating production platforms and other specialized structures used in the development and production of offshore crude oil and natural gas (“oil and gas”) reserves. The company was incorporated in 1985 by a group of investors, including Alden J. “Doc” Laborde, and began operations at our fabrication yard on the Houma Navigation Canal in southern Louisiana, approximately 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Our Houma facilities are located on 663 acres, of which 316 are currently developed for fabrication activities with 347 acres available for future expansion. Effective January 31, 2006, we acquired the facilities, machinery and equipment of Gulf Marine Fabricators, L.P. (“Gulf Marine”) located on 372 acres in San Patricio County, Texas.

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. serves as a holding company and conducts all of its operations through its subsidiaries, which include Gulf Island, L.L.C. (“Gulf Island”) and Gulf Marine (both performing fabrication of offshore drilling and production platforms and other specialized structures used in the development and production of oil and gas reserves), Gulf Island Marine Fabricators, L.L.C. (“Gulf Island Marine”, performing marine fabrication and construction services), Dolphin Services, L.L.C. (“Dolphin Services”, performing offshore and onshore fabrication and construction services), Dolphin Steel Sales, L.L.C. (“Dolphin Steel Sales”, selling steel plate and other steel products) and Gulf Island Resources, L.L.C. (“Gulf Island Resources”, hiring of laborers with similar rates and terms as those provided by contract labor service companies).

Website and Electronic Posting Disclosures

Our website address is www.gulfisland.com. We make available on or through our website, without charge, on the day such material is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports. The SEC also maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s website address is www.sec.gov. Our website and the information contained therein or connected thereto are not intended to be incorporated into this report on Form 10-K.

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Description of Operations

Our primary activity is the fabrication of offshore drilling and production platforms, including jackets and deck sections of fixed production platforms, hull, tendon, and/or deck sections of floating production platforms (such as TLPs, SPARs, FPSOs and MinDOC’s), piles, wellhead protectors, subsea templates and various production, compressor and utility modules. We also produce and repair pressure vessels used in the oil and gas industry, refurbish existing platforms, fabricate various other types of steel structures, fabricate living quarters for installation on such platforms ranging in size from 4 to 250 beds, provide onshore and offshore scaffolding and piping insulation services, perform heavy lifts such as ship integration and TLP module integration and load and offload jack-up drilling rigs, semi-submersible drilling rigs, TLPs, SPARs or other similar cargo. We also fabricate multiple processing modules installed in petro-chemical plants. We now provide our customers with what we believe is the greatest amount of fabrication facilities servicing the Gulf of Mexico market. Gulf Island Marine can fabricate towboats, barges, lift boats, dry docks, offshore support vessels and mid-body sections for offshore supply vessels. Our Dry Dock has the capacity to lift 9,000 tons and is used to maintain and repair third party marine vessels, as well as to launch vessels fabricated at our facilities.

We use modern welding and fabrication technology, and all of our products are manufactured in accordance with industry standards, specifications and regulations, including those published by the American Petroleum Institute, the American Welding Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Bureau of Shipping and the United States Coast Guard. The quality management systems of our operating subsidiaries are certified as ISO 9001-2008 quality assurance programs. See “Safety and Quality Assurance” below.

Through Gulf Island and Gulf Marine we fabricate the structural components of fixed platforms. A fixed platform is the traditional type of platform used for the offshore development and production of oil and gas reserves, although recently there has been an increase in the use of floating production platforms as a result of increased drilling and production activities in deeper waters. Most fixed platforms built today can accommodate both drilling and production operations. These combination platforms are large and generally more costly than single-purpose structures. However, because directional drilling techniques permit a number of wells to be drilled from a single platform and because drilling and production can take place simultaneously, combination platforms are often more cost-effective.

The most common type of fixed platform consists of a jacket (a tubular steel, braced structure extending from the mudline on the seabed to a point above the water surface) which is supported on tubular pilings driven deep into the seabed and supports the deck structure located above the level of storm waves. The deck structure, extending above the surface of the water and attached to the tubular pilings extending out of the top end of the jacket, is designed to accommodate multiple functions, including drilling, production, separating, gathering, piping, compression, well support and crew quartering. Platforms can be joined by bridges to form complexes of platforms for very large developments or to improve safety by dividing functions among specialized platforms. Jacket-type platforms are generally the most viable solution for water depths of 1,000 feet or less. Although there is no height limit to the size of the jackets that can be fabricated at our Houma facilities, the dimensions of the Houma Navigation Canal prevent the transportation to the Gulf of Mexico of most jackets designed for water depths exceeding 800 feet. We can, however, build decks, piping and equipment modules, living quarters, piles and other components of platforms for installation in any water depth. Our Gulf Marine south yard in Texas, which is located on the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway and the 45 foot deep Corpus Christi Ship Channel, provides direct and unrestricted access to the Gulf of Mexico, which allows for unlimited fabrication or assembly of any size structure in use today. Often, customers split projects among fabricators, contracting with different companies for the fabrication of the jacket, deck sections, living quarters and piles for the same platform. Through the construction of these components, our Houma facility participates in the construction of platforms requiring jackets and/or hulls that are larger than those we could transport through the Houma Navigation Canal.

Most of the steel used in our operations arrives at our fabrication yards as steel plate. The plate is cut and rolled into tubular sections at rolling mills in the fabrication yards. The tubular sections (which vary in diameter up to 23 feet) are welded together in long straight tubes to become legs or into shorter tubes to become part of the

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network of bracing that support the legs. Various cuts and welds in the fabrication process are made by computer-controlled equipment that operates from data developed during the design of the structure. Our ability to fabricate and assemble the large tubular sections needed for jackets built for use in water depths over 300 feet distinguish us from all but two of our domestic competitors.

Jackets are built on skidways (which are long parallel rails along which the jacket will slide when it is transferred to a barge for towing out to sea) and are generally built in sections so that much of their fabrication is done on the ground. As each section of legs and bracing is complete, large crawler cranes pick up an entire side and “roll up” the section, which is then joined to another uprighted section. When a jacket is complete and ready for launch, it is pulled along the skidway onto a launch barge, which is gradually de-ballasted to compensate for the weight of the structure as more of it moves aboard the barge. Using ocean-going tugs, the barge and jacket are transported to the offshore installation site.

Decks are built either as single structures or in sections and are installed on location on fixed and floating platforms by marine construction contractors. The composition and quantity of petroleum in the well stream generally determine the makeup of the production deck on a processing platform. Typical deck equipment includes crude oil pumps, oil and gas separators and gas compressors. Unlike large jackets, which are transported in a horizontal position, decks are transported upright and, as a result, are not subject to the width restrictions of the Houma Navigation Canal. Therefore, the only limitation on our ability to fabricate decks in our Houma facility is the weight capacity of the barges that transport the decks from our yard to the installation site. Barges currently exist that have the weight capacity and other characteristics required to transport even the largest of the decks currently installed in the world, and we believe that we can construct such large decks at our facilities. While larger deck structures to be built in the future could exceed the capacities of currently existing barges, management does not believe that this will materially affect our share of the market for deck construction.

We can also fabricate TLPs and sections of, or structures and tendons used in connection with, TLPs. TLPs consist of a deck that sits atop one or more column-shaped hulls, which are positioned on site with vertical tendons running from the hulls to the seabed. The tendons hold the hulls partially submerged and are highly tensioned using the buoyancy of the hulls. This system develops a restoring force against wave, wind and current actions in proportion to the lateral displacement of the vessel. Wells for a TLP are often pre-drilled through a subsea template. Long, flexible production risers, which carry the petroleum to the deck of the TLP, are supported in tension by mechanical tensioner machines on the platform’s deck and are directly subject to wave, wind and current forces. TLPs can be used in any water depth and are generally better suited than fixed platforms for water depths greater than 1,000 feet.

The size of a TLP depends on a number of factors, including the intended scope of production of the platform, the length of the production risers connected to the platform, the size of the deck to be installed on the platform and the water depth for which the platform is designed. We can fabricate deck sections and hulls for use with TLPs of any size. TLPs, MinDOCs and other floating concepts are the alternatives of choice for deepwater drilling and production platforms. In November 2009, we delivered the MinDOC hull, the first deepwater dry tree drilling and production platform built in the United States.

We have fabricated subsea templates for use in connection with TLPs, which are structures that are installed on the seabed before development drilling begins. As exploration and drilling move into the deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico, we believe that there will be increased opportunities to fabricate subsea templates, as well as decks and other structures, for use in connection with TLPs.

In addition, we fabricate piles and other rolled goods, templates, bridges for connecting offshore platforms, wellhead protectors, various production, compressor and utility modules and other structures used in offshore oil and gas production and development activities. All of our products are installed by marine construction contractors.

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Through Dolphin Services, we provide interconnect piping services on offshore platforms, inshore steel and wood structure construction and fabrication of pressure vessels and large and small packaged skid units. Interconnect piping services involve sending employee crews to offshore platforms that have been installed in the Gulf of Mexico in order to perform welding and other activities required to connect production equipment, service modules and other equipment to a platform prior to its becoming operational. Dolphin Services also contracts with oil and gas companies that have platforms and other structures located in the inland lakes and bays throughout the Southeast for various on-site construction and maintenance activities. At its existing facility located a quarter of a mile from the Gulf Island main yard, Dolphin Services can fabricate jackets up to 50 feet tall, along with decks and other steel structures. Dolphin Services has also been active in the refurbishment of existing platforms. Platform operators occasionally remove platforms previously installed in the Gulf of Mexico and return the platforms to a fabricator for refurbishment. Dolphin Services also serves state and local governments with various municipal and drainage projects such as pump stations, levee reinforcement, bulkheads and other levee and drainage projects.

Facilities and Equipment

Facilities. Our current corporate headquarters and Gulf Island’s main fabrication yard are located on the east bank of the Houma Navigation Canal in Houma, Louisiana, approximately 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. This facility is situated on approximately 140 acres, of which 100 acres are developed for fabrication, and includes several buildings totaling 36,000 square feet of administrative offices, 267,000 square feet of covered fabrication area, over 7,000 square feet of warehouse storage area and 8,000 square feet of training and medical facilities. The main yard also has approximately 2,800 linear feet of water frontage, of which 1,500 feet is steel bulkhead that permits load out of heavy structures.

Gulf Island’s west yard is located across the Houma Navigation Canal from the main yard on 437 acres, 130 acres of which are developed for fabrication and over 300 acres of which are unimproved land that could be used for expansion. The west yard, which has approximately 72,000 square feet of covered fabrication area and 4,600 square feet of warehouse storage area, spans 6,750 linear feet of the Houma Navigation Canal, of which 2,350 feet is steel bulkhead.

Our marine company is also located in the west yard with two buildings providing an additional 5,400 square feet for administrative offices, 55,000 square feet of covered fabrication area and 16,400 square feet of warehouse area. One building is a new fabrication shop that is 125 feet wide and 400 feet deep with a 54 foot under hook height. This new building houses four twenty-ton overhead cranes and allows us to fabricate boat sections and panels under a covered fabrication area on the west yard. The other building is a new warehouse and office building that is 200 feet long and 80 feet wide. Included in its warehouse area is 4,800 square feet of climate controlled storage, which now gives our Gulf Island facilities a total of 7,200 square feet of such storage. The marine company also utilizes an expanded covered area connected to the panel line building which is open at both ends and is approximately 24,600 square feet.

Gulf Island’s north yard, formerly the Southport facility, operates on the east bank of the Houma Navigation Canal adjacent to Gulf Island’s main fabrication yard. The facility covers 23 acres and includes a two-story, 5,000 square foot administration building with an attached 5,300 square foot warehouse. The property has approximately 1,850 linear feet of water frontage, of which 380 linear feet is steel bulkhead that permits docking of large ocean-going vessels and the load out of heavy structures.

Dolphin Services operates from a 63-acre site located approximately a quarter of a mile from Gulf Island’s main yard on a channel adjacent to the Houma Navigation Canal. The facility includes buildings totaling 14,500 square feet of administrative offices, 40,800 square feet of covered fabrication area, 29,600 square feet of warehouse storage area, a 10,000 square foot blasting and coating facility and approximately 1,320 linear feet of water frontage, of which 660 feet is steel bulkhead.

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Gulf Marine’s south yard in Ingleside, Texas is located on the northwest corner of the intersection between the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. The 45 foot deep Corpus Christi Ship Channel provides direct and unrestricted access to the Gulf of Mexico, which makes this site ideal for the fabrication and assembly of many types of large structures. This facility is situated on approximately 212 acres developed for fabrication and assembly, and includes a fabrication shop with 5,000 square feet of covered fabrication area, 10,000 square feet of warehouse storage area and 2,700 square feet of training facilities. The yard also has approximately 2,650 linear feet of water frontage, of which all is steel bulkhead. In addition, Gulf Marine has dredged an area 86 feet deep within 500 feet of the bulkhead to be used in conjunction with heavy lifts. This area measures 800 feet by 200 feet at the base and can accommodate the largest existing semi-submersible transport vessels. In addition, the south yard has a graving dock which measures 700 feet long by 250 feet wide and 40 feet deep. It has a reinforced concrete slab floor, sheet pile walls and pile supported relieving platforms around the perimeter to take the surcharge load applied by cranes. The south end of the graving dock, which opens to the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, can use either a removable sheet piled wall supported by steel struts or a portable gate that can be removed and attached to seal the dock from the water in the channel. The nature of the job being performed will determine which sealing component will be used. The graving dock gate is a steel barge-like structure consisting of a steel reinforced wall and a buoyancy tank. The floating structure is 240’ long x 35’ wide x 40’ deep and weighs approximately 950 tons. The gate structure has rubber seals that engage the walls and the graving dock floor. Although the de-ballasting of the dock requires pumps, the gate is equipped with piping to allow the gate to be flooded without the use of pumps. When flooded, the graving dock has a minimum of 30 feet of water over the concrete floor.

During the fourth quarter of 2011, the graving dock flooded unexpectedly when soil washed out from under the graving dock floor, which allowed water from the Corpus Christi Ship Channel to enter the dock through the floor and caused damage to a portion of the graving dock slab. To prevent further flooding, the Company designed and constructed a coffer cell to drain the dock and complete repairs to the slab so that it can be utilized during the fabrication stage of the Williams Gulfstar FPS™ GS-1hull project. Repairs to the slab are substantially complete and the hull project is proceeding.

Gulf Marine’s north yard in Aransas Pass, Texas is located along the U.S. Intracoastal Waterway and is approximately three miles north of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. This facility is situated on approximately 160 acres, of which 85 acres are dedicated to fabrication activities, and 55 acres are used for the storage of steel, prefabricated elements, equipment, and spare parts and includes several buildings with approximately 328,000 square feet of covered fabrication area, 22,000 square feet of administrative office space, 61,750 square feet of warehouse storage area and 16,000 square feet of training and medical facilities. The yard also has approximately 3,000 linear feet of water frontage, of which approximately 1,000 is steel bulkhead. The north yard can fabricate decks, skids and modules, jackets, piles, MinDOC, SPAR and TLP components, process piping, tanks, barges and drill rig structure components.

We are in the process of leasing office space to relocate our corporate headquarters to Houston, Texas. We feel the move will bring our C.E.O. closer to our client base and provide a central point to manage both our Houma and South Texas locations.

We own all of the foregoing properties.

Equipment. Gulf Island’s main yard houses its Bertsch Model 34 and Model 20 plate bending rolls, a computerized Vernon brace coping machine used for cutting steel in complex geometric sections, a Frye Wheelabrator and a U.S. Filter grit blast system, a hydraulic plate shear, a hydraulic press brake, and various other equipment needed to build offshore structures and fabricate steel components. Gulf Island’s west yard has a Bertsch Model 38 plate bending roll, a computerized Vernon brace coping machine, and various other equipment used in our fabrication business. The brace coping machine installed in Gulf Island’s west yard can handle pipe up to 1,500 pounds per foot and 54 inch outer diameter compared to the capacity of the current machine in the

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main yard, which is 1,000 pounds per foot and 48 inch outer diameter. The brace coping machine in the west yard provides additional efficiencies because it can cut 360 degrees without repositioning itself. Also, by having two machines, Gulf Island can double its capacity to cut braces thereby reducing idle production time in the yard. Gulf Island has a computerized numeric controlled plasma-arc cutting system that cuts and bevels steel up to one inch thick at a rate of two hundred inches per minute. The system can also etch into steel for piece markings and layout markings at a rate of three hundred inches per minute. Gulf Island also owns 16 crawler cranes, which range in tonnage capacity from 230 to 500 tons each and service both of Gulf Island’s yards. Gulf Island may rent additional cranes on a monthly basis in times of very high activity levels. Gulf Island owns 12 rubber-tired, hydraulic modular transporters (KAMAG—Type 2406) that allow fabricated deck sections that weigh as much as 2,400 tons to be transported around the facility. The transporters allow easier load-out of smaller decks and provide more agility for the movement of deck sections throughout the yard than cranes. These transporters are identical to the transporters owned by Gulf Marine, are easily truckable and, when used in tandem, have a capacity of 3,600 tons. Gulf Island owns a deck barge which gives it the ability to move material and equipment to and from the various facilities more conveniently and reduce the cost of barge rentals and certain other transportation costs. Gulf Island performs routine repairs and maintenance on all of its equipment.

Gulf Island’s plate bending rolls allow it to roll and weld into tubular pipe sections approximately 50,000 tons of plate per year. By having such capacity at its fabrication facility, Gulf Island is able to coordinate all aspects of platform construction, thereby reducing the risk of cost overruns, delays in project completion and labor costs. In addition, these facilities allow Gulf Island to participate as subcontractor on projects awarded to other contractors. Gulf Island has a state of the art, fully enclosed, and environmentally friendly blast and coating facility that can operate twenty-four hours a day. The facility is automated and provides blasting and coating activities in support of our Houma fabrication projects. The design output of the facility also allows us to provide blast and paint services to the local shipbuilding industry. The use of this equipment provides Gulf Island a competitive advantage by reducing labor costs.

Gulf Island Marine owns a 9,000 ton Dry Dock used to supplement our marine construction operations in Houma. The Dry Dock is 240 feet long by 160 feet wide and 140 feet wide between the wing walls. The bottom is 10 feet deep with 30 foot walls. The Dry Dock is used for maintenance and repairs to third party marine vessels, as well as to launch vessels being fabricated at our facilities.

Gulf Island Marine’s panel line system, located in its west yard, consists of six individual in-line fully automated systems utilized to cut, weld, and assemble panels to be used in marine vessel construction. The first station consists of an ESAB Avenger 3 Plasma cutting table for high speed cutting and beveling of steel plates and shapes. The second station incorporates an Ogden Model OSWS-5600 single sided welder complete with an electro magnetic plate holding system whereby two steel plates are automatically welded together in a single pass utilizing a multiple sub arc welding process. This process can be repeated up to four times with a result of a single panel having an overall dimension of 40 by 50 feet. An ESAB Avenger 3-13 plate marking and cutting machine is positioned at the third station which lays out the welded panels, marks the applicable locations for stiffeners installation, and cuts the plate to required configurations. The fourth station utilizes an Ogden Model SF-5600 stiffener fitting system to properly align and tack in place the plate stiffeners. The fifth station consists of an Ogden Model SW-5600-3 multiple stiffener welding system whereby three longitudinal plate stiffeners can be automatically welded (both sides) in a single operation performing continuous or intermittent welding of the stiffeners. There is also an automated conveyor system that operates along the panel line which transfers the panels from station to station. The sixth station is a vertical lifting system that elevates the fabricated panels to the required height for transportation to the field.

Dolphin Services owns three spud barges for use in connection with its inshore construction activities. Each barge is equipped with a crane with a lifting capacity of 60 to 100 tons. Dolphin Services also owns 10 cranes, which range in tonnage capacity from 60 to 230 tons each. Dolphin also owns a Model 2516 tug boat with two 300 horsepower engines. This boat is 26 feet long by 16 feet wide and is used to push our three spud barges and to reduce costs on tug rentals.

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Gulf Marine also owns 13 crawler cranes, which range in tonnage capacity from 230 to 825 tons each. Gulf Marine’s pipe mill is equipped with a Haeusler Quad Roll, and Bertsch Model 30, Model 34 and Model 36 plate bending roll machines for diameters ranging from 1 foot 6 inches to 10 feet and one large diameter plate bending roll machine, the Haeusler Quad Roll, for diameters ranging from 3 feet to 23 feet. The two Romar CNC-controlled flame planers, each with four torch stations (two torches per station), are used to cut steel plate up to 12 feet wide and 65 feet long. The Gulf Marine paint facility is equipped with a Pangborn shot blast machine, 20,000 square feet of climate controlled staging area and a 16 feet by 14 feet by 125 feet paint booth that can operate 24 hours a day. Gulf Marine owns six rubber-tired, hydraulic modular transporters (KAMAG—Type 2406) that allow fabricated deck sections that weigh as much as 1,200 tons to be transported throughout the facility. These transporters allow easier load-out of small decks and provide more agility for the movement of deck sections throughout the yard than cranes. These transporters are identical to the transporters used by our Gulf Island facilities, are easily truckable and, when used in tandem, have a capacity of 3,600 tons. Gulf Marine also has a panel line system in its south yard.

Materials and Supplies

The principal materials and supplies we use in the fabrication business are standard steel shapes, steel plate, welding gases, fuel oil, gasoline and paint, all of which are currently available from many sources, and we do not depend upon any single supplier or source. Demand for steel has remained steady both domestically and abroad over the last year with prices decreasing slightly due to multiple foreign options available. Standard delivery from domestic steel mills is running about 6 to 8 weeks on as-rolled steels versus anywhere from 12 to 16 weeks for heat treated steels. Due to the inability of domestic mills to produce our customer’s required steel grades, we are often forced to procure material from foreign steel mills. The delivery from these foreign mills, including transit time, is currently running approximately 16 to 20 weeks. To mitigate our risk of increasing cost of materials, we often negotiate escalation clauses in our contract terms to increase the contract price with a corresponding increase of cost of materials purchased during the life of the contract.

Safety and Quality Assurance

Management is concerned with the safety and health of our employees and maintains a stringent safety assurance program to reduce the possibility of accidents. Our safety department establishes guidelines to ensure compliance with all applicable state and federal safety regulations and provides training and safety education through orientations for new employees and subcontractors, daily crew safety meetings and first aid and CPR training. We also employ in-house medical personnel. We have a comprehensive drug and alcohol program and conduct periodic employee health screenings. A safety committee, whose members consist of one management representative and peer-elected field representatives, meets once a month to discuss safety concerns and suggestions that could prevent accidents. We also reward our employees through a safety recognition award program distributed throughout the year. In February 2012, we also added a safety component to the annual incentive program for most of our executive officers and all subsidiary presidents in recognition of the importance that we and our customers place on this element of our operations. The safety component is measured based on the safety performance of the Company and the applicable subsidiaries and each officer and president is eligible for a potential bonus of up to 20% of his annual base salary.

We fabricate to the standards and regulations of the American Petroleum Institute, the American Welding Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Bureau of Shipping, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Navy and customer specifications. We use welding and fabrication procedures in accordance with the latest technology and industry requirements. Training programs have been instituted to upgrade skilled personnel and maintain high quality standards. In addition, we maintain on-site facilities for the non-destructive testing of all welds, a process performed by an independent contractor.

The quality management systems of Gulf Island, Gulf Island Marine, Dolphin Services and Gulf Marine are certified as ISO 9001-2008 programs. ISO 9001-2008 is an internationally recognized verification system for quality management overseen by the International Standard Organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. The certification is based on a review of our programs and procedures designed to maintain and enhance quality production and are subject to semi-annual review and complete recertification every three years.

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Customers and Contracting

Our customers are primarily major and independent oil and gas exploration and production companies. We also may perform sub-contract work for one or more of our competitors. Over the past five years, sales of structures and related services used in the Gulf of Mexico by oil and gas exploration and production companies accounted for approximately 64% of our revenue. Our international sales fluctuate from year-to-year depending on whether and to what extent our customers require installation of fabricated structures outside of the United States. Sales of fabricated structures installed outside the United States comprised between 1% and 20% of revenue during each of the last five years, and accounted for 9%, 16%, and 3% of revenue for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

A large portion of our revenue has historically been generated by several customers, although not necessarily the same customers from year-to-year. For example, our largest customers (those which individually accounted for more than 10% of revenue in a given year) accounted for 61% of revenue in 2012 (37% for Chevron Corporation and 24% for Williams Field Services—Gulf Coast Company, L.P.), 21% of revenue in 2011 (Chevron Corporation), and 38% of revenue in 2010 (16% for Eni US Operating Co. Inc., 11% for American Electric Power Service Corporation and 11% for Versabuild, LLC). In addition, at December 31, 2012, 99% of our backlog, which consists of work remaining and commitments received through March 13, 2013, was attributable to 17 projects involving 15 customers. Of our backlog on December 31, 2012, 67% is for three customers for three major deepwater projects. The level of fabrication that we may provide to any particular customer depends, among other things, on the size of that customer’s capital expenditure budget devoted to project construction plans in a particular year and our ability to meet the customer’s delivery schedule. Thus, customers that account for a significant portion of revenue in one fiscal year may represent an immaterial portion of revenue in subsequent years.

While customers may consider other factors, including the availability, capability, reputation and safety record of a contractor, we believe price and the ability to meet a customer’s delivery schedule are the principal factors weighed by customers in awarding contracts. Our contracts generally vary in length from one month to 24 months depending on the size and complexity of the project. Generally, our contracts and projects are subject to termination at any time prior to completion, at the option of the customer. Upon termination, however, the customer is generally required to pay us for work performed and materials purchased through the date of termination and, in some instances, cancellation fees.

Most of our projects are awarded on a fixed-price, unit rate, alliance/partnering or cost-plus basis. Under fixed-price contracts, we receive the price fixed in the contract, subject to adjustment only for change orders approved by the customer. As a result, we retain all cost savings but are also responsible for all cost overruns. Under a unit rate contract, material items or labor tasks are assigned unit rates of measure. The unit rates of measure will generally be an amount of dollars per ton, per foot, per square foot or per item installed. A typical unit rate contract can contain hundreds to thousands of unit rates of measure that all accumulate to determine the total contract value. Profit margins are built in to the unit rates and, similar to a fixed price contract, we retain all cost savings but are also responsible for all cost overruns. Under typical alliance/partnering arrangements, the parties agree in advance to a target price that includes specified levels of labor and material costs and profit margins. If the project is completed at less cost than that targeted in the contract, the contract price is reduced by a portion of the savings. If the cost of completion is greater than that targeted in the contract, the contract price is increased, but generally to the target price plus the actual incremental cost of materials and direct labor costs. Accordingly, under alliance/partnering arrangements, we have some protection from cost overruns but also share a portion of any cost savings with the customer. Under cost-plus arrangements, pursuant to which we receive a specified fee in excess of our direct labor and material costs, we are protected against cost overruns but do not benefit directly from cost savings. Because we generally price materials as pass-through items on our contracts, the cost and productivity of our labor force are the primary factors affecting our operating costs. Consequently, it is essential that we control the cost and productivity of the direct labor hours worked on our projects. As an aid to achieving this control, we place a single project manager in charge of the production operations related to each

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project and give significant discretion to the project manager, with oversight by the applicable subsidiary’s president and our president. As an incentive to control costs, each of Gulf Island, Gulf Island Marine, Dolphin Services and Gulf Marine give bonuses to its employees totaling 5% to 6% of their separate company operating income depending on job position.

Seasonality

Although high activity levels in the oil and gas industry and capacity limitations can somewhat diminish the seasonal effects on our operation, our operations have historically been subject to seasonal variations in weather conditions and daylight hours. Since most of our construction activities take place outdoors, the number of direct labor hours worked generally declines during the winter months due to an increase in rainy and cold conditions and a decrease in daylight hours. In addition, our customers often schedule the completion of their projects during the summer months in order to take advantage of the milder weather during such months for the installation of their platforms. In recent years, seasonality has had less of an impact on income, mainly due to our ongoing investment in machinery and equipment and covered fabrication areas.

Competition

The offshore platform fabrication industry is highly competitive and influenced by events largely outside of the control of offshore platform fabrication companies. Platform fabrication companies compete intensely for available projects, which are generally awarded on a competitive bid basis with customers usually requesting bids on projects one to three months prior to commencement. Our marketing staff contacts engineering companies and oil and gas companies believed to have fabrication projects scheduled to allow us an opportunity to bid for the projects. Although we believe price and the contractor’s ability to meet a customer’s delivery schedule are the principal factors in determining which qualified fabricator is awarded a contract for a project, customers also consider, among other things, the availability of technically capable personnel and facility space, a fabricator’s efficiency, condition of equipment, reputation, safety record and customer relations.

We currently have two domestic competitors, J. Ray McDermott, S.A. and Kiewit Offshore Services, for the fabrication of deepwater projects such as hulls, tendons, and/or deck sections of floating production platforms. In addition to these companies, foreign shipyards also compete for deepwater projects destined for both the Gulf of Mexico and international waters.

We believe that our competitive pricing, expertise in fabricating offshore structures and the certification of our facilities as ISO 9001-2008 fabricators will enable us to continue to compete effectively for projects destined for international waters. We recognize, however, that foreign governments often use subsidies and incentives to create jobs where oil and gas production is being developed. In addition, the increased transportation costs that are incurred when exporting structures from the U.S. to foreign locations may hinder our ability to successfully bid for projects against foreign competitors. Because of subsidies, import duties and fees, taxes on foreign operators, lower wage rates in foreign countries, fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar, the possible imposition of tariffs on raw materials imported into the United States and other factors, we may not be able to remain competitive with foreign contractors for projects designed for use in international waters, as well as those designed for use in the Gulf of Mexico.

We compete with a number of domestic fabricators, including J. Ray McDermott, S.A. and Kiewit Offshore Services, for platform jackets for intermediate water depths from 150 feet to 300 feet. We believe that while new competitors can enter the market for smaller structures relatively easily, it is more difficult to enter the market for jackets designed for use in water depths greater than 300 feet. This difficulty results from the substantial investment required to establish an adequate facility, the difficulty of locating a facility adjacent to an adequate waterway due to environmental and wetland regulations, and the limited availability of experienced supervisory and management personnel.

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Backlog

Our backlog is based on management’s estimate of the direct labor hours required to complete, and the remaining revenue to be recognized with respect to, those projects a customer has authorized us to begin work or purchase materials or services pursuant to written contracts, letters of intent or other forms of authorization. Often, however, management’s estimates are based on preliminary engineering and design specifications by the customer and are refined together with the customer. As engineering and design plans are finalized or changes to existing plans are made, management’s estimate of the direct labor hours required to complete a project and the price of a project at completion is likely to change. In addition, all projects currently included in our backlog are subject to termination at the option of the customer, although the customer is generally required to pay us for work performed and materials purchased through the date of termination and, in some instances, cancellation fees. In addition, customers have the ability to delay the execution of projects.

As of December 31, 2012, we had a revenue backlog of $537.0 million and a labor backlog of approximately 4.4 million man-hours remaining to work, including commitments received through March 13, 2013 and excluding backlog of $30.0 million relating to the suspended Cheviot project, compared to revenue backlog of $614.5 million and a labor backlog of 4.6 million man-hours reported as of December 31, 2011. We exclude suspended projects from contract backlog because resumption of work and timing of backlog revenues are difficult to predict.

Of our backlog at December 31, 2012,

Depending on the size of the project, the termination or postponement of any one of our deepwater projects could significantly reduce our backlog, and could have a material adverse effect on revenue, net income and cash flow. For additional information, see Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements and Item 1A. “Risk Factors—Our backlog is subject to change as a result of changes to management’s estimates, suspension or termination of projects currently in our backlog or our failure to secure additional projects. Our revenue, net income and cash flow could be adversely affected as a result of changes to our backlog.”

As of December 31, 2012, we expect to recognize revenues from our backlog of approximately

Recognition of backlog revenue as presented above is based on management estimates of the application of the direct labor hours of the backlog during the current projected timelines to complete the projects. Certain factors and circumstances, as mentioned above, could cause changes in the period when the backlog is recognized as revenue.

Government and Environmental Regulation

Many aspects of our operations and properties are materially affected by federal, state and local regulations, as well as certain international conventions and private industry organizations. The exploration and development of oil and gas properties located on the outer continental shelf of the United States is regulated primarily by the Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management and Enforcement (“BOEM”) of the Department of Interior (“DOI”). This agency replaced the former Minerals Management Service. The Secretary of the Interior, through the BOEM, is responsible for the administration of federal regulations under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act requiring the construction of offshore platforms located on the outer continental shelf to meet stringent engineering and

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construction specifications. Violations of these regulations and related laws can result in substantial civil and criminal penalties as well as injunctions curtailing operations. We believe that our operations are in compliance with these and all other regulations affecting the fabrication of platforms for delivery to the outer continental shelf of the United States. In addition, we depend on the demand for our services from the oil and gas industry and, therefore, can be affected by changes in taxes, price controls and other laws and regulations relating to the oil and gas industry. Offshore construction and drilling in certain areas has also been opposed by environmental groups and, in certain areas, has been restricted. To the extent laws are enacted or other governmental actions are taken that prohibit or restrict offshore construction and drilling or impose environmental protection requirements that result in increased costs to the oil and gas industry in general and the offshore construction industry in particular, our business and prospects could be adversely affected. We cannot determine to what extent future operations and earnings may be affected by new legislation, new regulations or changes in existing regulations.

The Houma Navigation Canal provides the only means of access from our Louisiana facilities to open waters. With respect to our Texas facilities, the Intercoastal Waterway provides access between our North and South Texas yards. From our South yard, the Corpus Christi Ship Channel provides access to the Gulf of Mexico. These waterways are considered to be navigable waterways of the United States and, as such, are protected by federal law from unauthorized obstructions that would hinder water-borne traffic. Federal law also authorizes maintenance of these waterways by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. These waterways are dredged from time to time to maintain water depth and, while federal funding for dredging has historically been provided, there is no assurance that Congressional appropriations sufficient for adequate dredging and other maintenance of these waterways will be continued indefinitely. If sufficient funding were not appropriated for that purpose, some or all of these waterways could become impassable by barges or other vessels required to transport many of our products and could have a material and adverse effect on our operations and financial position.

Our operations and properties are subject to a wide variety of increasingly complex and stringent foreign, federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including those governing discharges into the air and water, the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes, the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated by hazardous substances and the health and safety of employees. These laws may provide for “strict liability” for damages to natural resources and threats to public health and safety, rendering a party liable for the environmental damage without regard to negligence or fault on the part of such party. Sanctions for noncompliance may include revocation of permits, corrective action orders, administrative or civil penalties and criminal prosecution. Certain environmental laws provide for strict, joint and several liability for remediation of spills and other releases of hazardous substances, as well as damage to natural resources. In addition, we may be subject to claims alleging personal injury or property damage as a result of alleged exposure to hazardous substances. Such laws and regulations may also expose us to liability for the conduct of or conditions caused by others, or for acts that were in compliance with all applicable laws at the time we performed them.

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and similar laws provide for responses to and liability for releases of hazardous substances into the environment. Additionally, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, each as amended, and similar foreign, state or local counterparts to these federal laws, regulate air emissions, water discharges, hazardous substances and wastes, and require public disclosure related to the use of various hazardous substances. Compliance with such environmental laws and regulations may require the acquisition of permits or other authorizations for certain activities and compliance with various standards or procedural requirements. We believe that our facilities are in substantial compliance with current regulatory standards.

Our operations are also governed by laws and regulations relating to workplace safety and worker health, primarily the Occupational Safety and Health Act and regulations promulgated thereunder. In addition, various other governmental and quasi-governmental agencies require us to obtain certain permits, licenses and certificates with respect to our operations. The kinds of permits, licenses and certificates required by our operations depend upon a number of factors. We believe that we have all material permits, licenses and certificates necessary for the conduct of our existing business.

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Our compliance with these laws and regulations has entailed certain additional expenses and changes in operating procedures, which during the last three years have resulted in annual expenditures between $500,000 and $900,000. We believe that compliance with these laws and regulations will not have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition for the foreseeable future. However, future events, such as changes in existing laws and regulations or their interpretation, more vigorous enforcement policies of regulatory agencies, or stricter or different interpretations of existing laws and regulations, may require additional expenditures by us, which expenditures may be material.

Our employees may engage in certain activities, including interconnect piping and other service activities conducted on offshore platforms, activities performed on the spud barges owned or chartered by us, marine vessel fabrication and repair activities performed at our facilities, and operating vessels owned by us, that are covered in either the provisions of the Jones Act or U.S. Longshoreman and Harbor Workers Act (“USL&H”). These laws operate to make the liability limits established under state workers’ compensation laws inapplicable to these employees and, instead, permit them or their representatives to pursue actions against us for damages or job related injuries, with generally no limitations on our potential liability. Our ownership and operation of vessels and our fabrication and repair of customer vessels can give rise to large and varied liability risks, such as risks of collisions with other vessels or structures, sinkings, fires and other marine casualties, which can result in significant claims for damages against us for, among other things, personal injury, death, property damage, pollution and loss of business.

In addition, our operations are subject to extensive government regulation by the United States Coast Guard, as well as various private industry organizations such as the American Petroleum Institute, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Welding Society and the American Bureau of Shipping.

Insurance

We maintain insurance against property damage caused by fire, flood, explosion and similar catastrophic events that may result in physical damage or destruction to our facilities. All policies are subject to deductibles and other coverage limitations. We also maintain a builder’s risk policy for construction projects, general liability insurance and maritime employer’s liability insurance which are also subject to deductibles and coverage limitations. The Company and our subsidiaries, Gulf Island, Dolphin Services and Gulf Island Marine are self-insured for workers’ compensation and USL&H claims except for losses in excess of $500,000 per occurrence. Gulf Marine and Gulf Island Resources’ workers’ compensation and USL&H coverage is similar to that of Gulf Island, Dolphin Services and Gulf Island Marine, except that the coverage is subject to a $300,000 per occurrence deductible. Dolphin Steel Sales’ workers’ compensation and USL&H coverage is similar to Gulf Marine and Gulf Island Resources except that the coverage is subject to no retention per occurrence. Although management believes that our insurance is adequate, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain adequate insurance at rates which management considers commercially reasonable, nor can there be any assurance that such coverage will be adequate to cover all claims that may arise.

Employees

Our workforce varies based on the level of ongoing fabrication activity at any particular time. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, we had approximately 2,200 and 1,950 employees, respectively. Additionally, we will use contract labor when required to meet customer demand. The number of contract laborers we used increased from 90 to 350 during 2012. Due to the award of significant contracts at the end of 2010 and during 2011, we focused on hiring and maintaining manpower in 2012 to meet the level of activity. None of our employees are employed pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, and we believe our relationship with our employees is good.

Our ability to remain productive and profitable depends substantially on our ability to attract and retain skilled construction workers, primarily welders, fitters and equipment operators. In addition, our ability to expand our operations depends not only upon customer demand but also on our ability to increase our labor

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force. The demand for such workers is high and the supply is extremely limited, especially during periods of high activity in the oil and gas industry. While we believe our relationship with our skilled labor force is good, a significant increase in the wages paid by a wide range of other employers seeking similar skill sets could result in a reduction in our skilled labor force, increases in the wage rates we pay, increase in our use of contract labor, or all of these. Additionally, reductions made, from time to time, in our labor force may make it more difficult for us to increase our labor force to desirable levels during periods of increased customer demand for our services. If any of these occurred in the near-term the profits expected from work in progress could be reduced or eliminated and in the long-term, to the extent such wage increases could not be passed on to our customers, our production capacity could be diminished and our growth potential could be impaired. In an effort to maintain our current workforce and attract new employees in periods of high activity, we have enhanced several incentive programs and expanded our training facility to train our employees on productivity and safety matters.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Cautionary Statement

Our business is subject to significant risks. We caution readers that the following important factors could affect our actual consolidated results and could cause our actual consolidated results in the future to differ materially from the goals and expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements contained in this report and in any other forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf.

We are subject to the cyclical nature of the oil and gas industry.

Our business depends primarily on the level of activity by oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Gulf Coast. This level of activity has traditionally been volatile as a result of fluctuations in oil and gas prices and their uncertainty in the future. The purchases of the products and services we provide are, to a substantial extent, deferrable in the event oil and gas companies reduce capital expenditures. Therefore, the willingness of our customers to make expenditures is critical to our operations. The levels of such capital expenditures are influenced by, among other things:

Although activity levels in production and development sectors of the oil and gas industry are less immediately affected by changing prices and as a result, less volatile than the exploration sector, producers generally react to declining oil and gas prices by reducing expenditures. This has in the past and may in the future adversely affect our business. We are unable to predict future oil and gas prices or the level of oil and gas industry activity. A prolonged low level of activity in the oil and gas industry will adversely affect the demand for our products and services and our financial condition and results of operations.

Our backlog is subject to change as a result of changes to management’s estimates, suspension or termination of projects currently in our backlog or our failure to secure additional projects. Our revenue, net income and cash flow could be adversely affected as a result of changes to our backlog.

Our backlog is based on management’s estimate of the direct labor hours required to complete, and the remaining revenue to be recognized with respect to, those projects as to which a customer has authorized us to begin work or purchase materials pursuant to written contracts, letters of intent or other forms of authorization.

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Often, however, management’s estimates are based on preliminary engineering and design specifications by the customer and are refined together with the customer. As engineering and design plans are finalized or changes to existing plans are made, management’s estimate of the direct labor hours required to complete and price at completion is likely to change. In addition, all projects currently included in our backlog are generally subject to suspension or termination at the option of the customer, although the customer, in that case, is generally required to pay us for work performed and materials purchased through the date of termination and, in some instances, cancellation fees. In addition, a customer can potentially delay the execution of their project. Depending on the size of the project, the termination or postponement of any project could significantly reduce backlog, and could have a material adverse effect on revenue, net income and cash flow. Accordingly, our backlog as of any particular date is an uncertain indicator of future earnings.

Deepwater projects have historically represented a significant part of our backlog. As of December 31, 2012, we had a revenue backlog of $537.0 million and a labor backlog of approximately 4.4 million man-hours. With respect to backlog at December 31, 2012, $393.3 million, or approximately 73.2%, represents projects destined for deepwater locations. Since the scope of work and contract prices on most deepwater projects typically represent a substantial portion of overall backlog, a suspension or termination of any of these projects is likely to have a more significant adverse impact on revenue, net income and cash flow as compared to other projects.

For example, on July 13, 2012, we received notice from our customer, Bluewater Industries (“Bluewater”), requesting (i) a slowdown of work on ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited’s (“ATP UK’s”) Cheviot project ordered pursuant to a master service contract between Bluewater and the Company (the “Contract”), and (ii) an amendment to the scheduled payment terms under the Contract. On August 16, 2012, we entered into a binding agreement (the “Agreement”) with Bluewater, an engineering consulting firm engaged by ATP UK to oversee the fabrication of the Cheviot project, to amend and restate the Contract and suspend the project. Among other things, the Agreement outlines the revised payment terms for the contracts receivable balance (the “Balance”) and the limitations on Bluewater’s ability to request an extended suspension of work. Specifically, Bluewater must pay $200,000 on or before the last day of each calendar month through February 28, 2013, with the remaining outstanding Balance due on or before March 31, 2013. In addition, if Bluewater has fully paid the Balance on or prior to March 31, 2013, Bluewater has the option to extend the suspension of work on the Cheviot project to June 30, 2013, after which Bluewater will have no further rights to request a suspension of work. If Bluewater fails to make timely payments pursuant to the revised payment plan, we have the right to terminate the Contract, and we will continue to retain title to any project deliverables. We also entered into a security agreement with Bluewater pursuant to which Bluewater granted us a security interest in certain of its equipment currently located on our facilities. As of March 13, 2013, all installments under the Agreement had been paid.

On August 17, 2012, ATP Oil & Gas, Inc. (“ATP”), the parent company of ATP UK, filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Although ATP is not our customer and ATP UK is not a party to the bankruptcy, we believe ATP has historically financed the operations of its subsidiaries, including ATP UK. On January 22, 2013, ATP filed an emergency motion to sell all or substantially all of its deepwater assets, including 100% of its equity ownership in ATP UK. The motion has since been approved by the court and ATP is currently seeking qualified bidders to purchase these assets. The sale hearing is expected to take place between March 26, 2013 and April 16, 2013. We do not know whether or not ATP will be successful in its efforts to sell these assets or whether a purchaser of ATP UK would fund the Cheviot project. However, in the absence of a sale of ATP UK to a purchaser desiring to complete the Cheviot project, or utilize the structure in another location, it does not appear that Bluewater will be able to pay the remaining Balance on March 31, 2013. In the event of Bluewater is unable to continue to meet its obligations under the Agreement, we may attempt to recover or partially recover the unpaid Balance through the disposition of project deliverables and the enforcement of our security interest.

As of December 31, 2012, $56.8 million has been billed on the Cheviot project and the outstanding Balance was approximately $31.3 million. We recorded a $14.5 million reserve on the Balance as of December 31, 2012 and we believe the outstanding Balance, less the $14.5 million reserve, is collectible through the disposition of

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project deliverables and the enforcement of our security interest in the event of a default by Bluewater. We estimated the reserve recorded from selling the underlying assets individually to a willing market participant, including normal ownership risks assumed by the purchaser, and from selling certain components at scrap value. The ultimate portion of the Balance that may be recovered is dependent upon various factors, which may change in the future. These changes may lead to a revision in the amount reserved against the Balance and the amount ultimately recovered as these factors are resolved. The Cheviot project represents revenue backlog of $30.0 million and labor backlog of 308,000 man-hours, both of which are excluded from our backlog at December 31, 2012.

We might be unable to employ a sufficient number of skilled workers.

Our ability to remain productive and profitable depends substantially on our ability to attract and retain skilled construction workers, primarily welders, fitters and equipment operators. In addition, our ability to expand our operations depends not only upon customer demand, but also on our ability to increase our labor force. The demand for such workers is high and the supply is extremely limited, especially during periods of high activity in the oil and gas industry. While we believe our relationship with our skilled labor force is good, a significant increase in the wages paid by a wide range of other employers seeking similar skill sets could result in a reduction in our skilled labor force, increases in the wage rates we pay, increase in our use of contract labor, or all of these. Additionally, reductions made, from time to time, in our labor force may make it more difficult for us to increase our labor force to desirable levels during periods of increased customer demand for our services.

If any of these occurred in the near-term, the profits expected from work in progress could be reduced or eliminated and, in the long-term, to the extent wage increases could not be passed on to our customers, our production capacity could be diminished and growth potential could be reduced.

The dangers inherent in our operations and the limits on insurance coverage could expose us to potentially significant liability costs and materially interfere with the performance of our operations.

The fabrication of large steel structures involves operating hazards that can cause personal injury or loss of life, severe damage to and destruction of property and equipment and suspension of operations. The failure of such structures during and after installation can result in similar injuries and damages. In addition, our employees may engage in certain activities, including interconnect piping and other service activities conducted on offshore platforms, activities performed on the spud barges owned or chartered by us, marine vessel fabrication and repair activities performed at our facilities, and operating vessels owned by us, that are covered in either the provisions of the Jones Act or USL&H. These laws operate to make the liability limits established under state workers’ compensation laws inapplicable to these employees and, instead, permit them or their representatives to pursue actions against us for damages or job related injuries, with generally no limitations on our potential liability.

Our ownership and operation of vessels can give rise to large and varied liability risks, such as risks of collisions with other vessels or structures, sinkings, fires and other marine casualties, which can result in significant claims for damages against both us and third parties for, among other things, personal injury, death, property damage, pollution and loss of business. Litigation arising from any such occurrences may result in our being named as a defendant in lawsuits asserting large claims. In addition, due to their proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, our facilities are subject to the possibility of physical damage caused by hurricanes or flooding.

Although we believe that our insurance coverage is adequate, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain adequate insurance in the future at rates we consider reasonable or that our insurance coverage will be adequate to cover future claims that may arise. Claims for which we are not fully insured may adversely affect our working capital and profitability. In addition, changes in the insurance industry have generally led to higher insurance costs and decreased availability of coverage. The availability of insurance that covers risks we and our competitors typically insure against may decrease, and the insurance that we are able to obtain may have higher deductibles, higher premiums and more restrictive policy terms.

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Our industry is highly competitive.

The offshore platform industry is highly competitive and influenced by events largely outside of our control. Contracts for our services are generally awarded on a competitive bid basis, and our customers consider many factors when awarding a job. These factors include price, the contractor’s ability to meet the customer’s delivery schedule, and to a lesser extent, the availability and capability of equipment, and the reputation, experience and safety record of the contractor. Although we believe that our reputation for safety and quality service is good, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to maintain our competitive position. We compete with both large and small companies for available jobs, and certain of our competitors, particularly with respect to major deepwater projects, have greater financial and other resources than we do.

In addition, because of subsidies, import duties and fees, taxes imposed on foreign operators and lower wage rates in foreign countries, along with fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar and other factors, we may not be able to remain competitive with foreign contractors for projects designed for use in international locations as well as those designed for use in the Gulf of Mexico. See “Business and Properties—Competition” for more information regarding the competitive nature of our industry.

Competitive pricing common in the fabrication industry may not provide sufficient protection from cost overruns.

As is common in the offshore platform fabrication industry, a substantial number of our projects are performed on a fixed-price or unit-rate basis, although some projects are performed on an alliance/partnering or cost-plus basis. Under fixed-price or unit-rate contracts, we receive the price fixed in the contract, subject to adjustment only for change orders placed by the customer. Under a unit rate contract, material items or labor tasks are assigned unit rates of measure. The unit rates of measure will generally be an amount of dollars per ton, per foot, per square foot or per item installed. A typical unit rate contract can contain hundreds to thousands of unit rates of measure that all accumulate to determine the total contract value. Profit margins are built in to the unit rates and, similar to a fixed price contract, we retain all cost savings but are also responsible for all cost overruns. Under typical alliance/partnering arrangements, the parties agree in advance to a target price that includes specified levels of labor, material costs and profit margins. If the project is completed at less cost than that targeted in the contract, the contract price is reduced by a portion of the savings. If the cost to completion is greater than target costs, the contract price is increased, but generally to the target price plus the actual incremental cost of materials and direct labor. Accordingly, under alliance/partnering arrangements, we have some protection against cost overruns but must share a portion of any cost savings with the customer. Under cost-plus arrangements, we receive a specified fee in excess of our direct labor and material cost and thus are protected against cost overruns but do not benefit directly from cost savings. Some contracts include a total or partial reimbursement to us of any costs associated with specific capital projects required by the fabrication process. If a capital project provides future benefits to us, the cost to build the capital project will be capitalized, and the revenue for the capital project will increase the estimated profit in the contract.

The revenue, costs and gross profit realized on a contract will often vary from the estimated amounts on which such contracts were originally based due to, among other things:

These variations and the risks inherent in our industry may result in revenue and gross profits different from those originally estimated and reduce profitability or create losses on projects. Depending on the size of a project, variations from estimated contract performance can have a significant impact on our operating results for any

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particular fiscal quarter or year. For example, we recognized estimated contract losses of $21.2 million in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 primarily as a result of an increase in man-hours to complete one of our major deepwater contracts. On March 7, 2013, we entered into a change order with our customer to settle our claim on this contract. Revenue for this change order earned by the Company was recorded in the quarter ended December 31, 2012. The change order also includes incentives related to key milestone date and performance metrics which have not been recorded as of December 31, 2012 but will be recorded as revenue in future periods if and when incentive terms are met. Estimated contract losses recognized in the year ended December 31, 2012 were $12.5 million, inclusive of the revenue recorded at December 31, 2012 from this change order. Our claim was related to increased man-hours driven by revisions and delivery delays to specifications and designs by our customer causing out-of-sequence work schedules. The customer also extended delivery of the first phase of the project multiple times as a result of these revisions and delays. Any future deliverable delays or project revisions could also result in future revisions to contract estimates. For additional information, see “Business and Properties—Customer and Contracting.”

Our method of accounting for revenue could result in an earnings charge.

Most of our revenue is recognized on a percentage-of-completion basis based on the ratio of direct labor hours worked to the total estimated direct labor hours required for completion. Accordingly, contract price and cost estimates are reviewed monthly as the work progresses, and adjustments proportionate to the percentage of completion are reflected in revenue for the period when such estimates are revised. To the extent that these adjustments result in a reduction or elimination of previously reported profits, we are required to recognize a charge against current earnings, which may be significant depending on the size of the project or the adjustment.

We recognized contract losses of $12.5 million as of December 31, 2012 which resulted in an unfavorable reduction in gross margin for the year as required under the accounting for loss contracts under percentage of completion accounting. This loss was mainly due to the increase in estimated man-hours to complete one of our major deepwater contracts as further described above.

We are susceptible to adverse weather conditions in our market areas.

Our operations are directly affected by the seasonal differences in weather patterns in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as daylight hours. Since most of our construction activities take place outdoors, the number of direct labor hours worked generally declines in the winter months due to an increase in rainy and cold conditions and a decrease in daylight hours. The seasonality of oil and gas industry activity as a whole in the Gulf Coast region also affects our operations. Our customers often schedule the completion of their projects during the summer months in order to take advantage of the milder weather during such months for the installation of their platforms. The rainy weather, tropical storms, hurricanes and other storms prevalent in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Gulf Coast throughout the year, such as Hurricane Isaac in 2012, may also affect our operations. Accordingly, our operating results may vary from quarter to quarter, depending on factors outside of our control. As a result, full year results are not likely to be a direct multiple of any particular quarter or combination of quarters.

We depend on key personnel.

Our success depends to a great degree on the abilities of our key management personnel, particularly our corporate officers and other high-ranking executives. The loss of the services of one or more of these key employees could adversely affect us.

We depend on significant customers.

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we may provide to any particular customer depends, among other things, on the size of that customer’s capital expenditure budget devoted to platform construction plans in a particular year and our ability to meet the customer’s delivery schedule, customers that account for a significant portion of our revenue in one fiscal year may represent an immaterial portion of revenue in subsequent years. For example, our largest customers (those which individually accounted for more than 10% of revenue in a given year) accounted for 61% of revenue in 2012 (37% for Chevron Corporation and 24% for Williams Field Services – Gulf Coast Company, L.P.), 21% of revenue in 2011 (Chevron Corporation), and 38% of revenue in 2010 (16% for Eni US Operating Co. Inc., 11% for American Electric Power Service Corporation and 11% for Versabuild, LLC). The loss of a significant customer in any given year for any reason, including a sustained decline in that customer’s capital expenditure budget or competitive factors, can result in a substantial loss of revenue and could have a material adverse effect on our operating performance.

The nature of our industry subjects us to compliance with regulatory and environmental laws.

Our operations and properties are materially affected by state and federal laws and other regulations relating to the oil and gas industry in general, and are also subject to a wide variety of federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including those governing discharges into the air and water, the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes, the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated by hazardous substances and the health and safety of employees. Further, compliance with many of these laws is becoming increasingly complex, stringent and expensive. Many impose “strict liability” for damages to natural resources or threats to public health and safety, rendering a party liable for the environmental damage without regard to its negligence or fault. Certain environmental laws provide for strict, joint and several liability for remediation of spills and other releases of hazardous substances, as well as damage to natural resources. In addition, we could be subject to claims alleging personal injury or property damage as a result of alleged exposure to hazardous substances. Such laws and regulations may also expose us to liability for the conduct of or conditions caused by others, or for acts that were in compliance with all applicable laws at the time such acts were performed. We believe that our present operations substantially comply with applicable federal and state pollution control and environmental protection laws and regulations. We also believe that compliance with such laws has had no material adverse effect on our operations. However, such environmental laws are changed frequently. Sanctions for noncompliance may include revocation of permits, corrective action orders, administrative or civil penalties and criminal prosecution. We are unable to predict whether environmental laws will materially adversely affect our future operations and financial results. See “Business and Properties—Government and Environmental Regulations.”

The demand for our services is also affected by changing taxes, price controls and other laws and regulations relating to the oil and gas industry generally. Offshore construction and drilling in certain areas has also been opposed by environmental groups and, in certain areas, has been restricted. To the extent laws are enacted or other governmental actions are taken that prohibit or restrict offshore construction and drilling or impose environmental protection requirements that result in increased costs to the oil and gas industry in general and the offshore construction industry in particular, our business and prospects could be adversely affected. We cannot determine to what extent future operations and earnings may be affected by new legislation, new regulations or changes in existing regulations.

Our business is highly dependent on our ability to utilize the Houma Navigational Canal.

The Houma Navigation Canal provides the only means of access from our Louisiana facilities to open waters. The Houma Navigation Canal is considered to be a navigable waterway of the United States and, as such, is protected by federal law from unauthorized obstructions that would hinder water-borne traffic. Federal law also authorizes federal maintenance of the canal by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The canal requires bi-annual dredging to maintain its water depth and, while federal funding for this dredging has been provided for over 40 years, there is no assurance that Congressional appropriations sufficient for adequate dredging and other maintenance of the canal will be continued indefinitely. If sufficient funding were not

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appropriated for that purpose, the Houma Navigation Canal could become impassable by barges or other vessels required to transport many of our products and could result in material and adverse affects on our cash flow, operations and financial position.

We depend on subcontractor services to perform our contractual obligations

Our ability to perform under our contracts depends to some degree on the performance of third parties we subcontract. We depend upon subcontractors for a variety of reasons, including:

We work closely with these subcontractors to monitor progress and address our customer requirements. We believe we can pursue backcharges for costs we incur or liabilities we assume as a result of a subcontractor’s lack of performance. However, the inability of our subcontractors to perform under the terms of their contracts could cause us to incur additional costs that reduce profitability or create losses on projects.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

We are subject to various routine legal proceedings in the normal conduct of our business primarily involving commercial claims, workers’ compensation claims, and claims for personal injury under general maritime laws of the United States and the Jones Act. While the outcome of these lawsuits, legal proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes that the outcome of any such proceedings, even if determined adversely, would not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

Executive Officers of the Registrant

Listed below are the names, ages and offices held by each of our executive officers as of March 13, 2013. All officers serve at the pleasure of our Board of Directors.

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Kirk J. Meche became Chief Executive Officer in January 2013. Mr. Meche has served as President since January 2009. He served as Chief Operating Officer from January 2009 to December 2012. Mr. Meche served as the Executive Vice President—Operations from 2001 to 2009. Mr. Meche was President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Marine from February 2006 to October 2006. Mr. Meche served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Island, L.L.C. from February 2001 until January 2006. President and Chief Executive Officer of Southport, Inc., a wholly-owned fabrication subsidiary of the Company, from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Meche was a project manager of the Company from 1996 to 1999. Mr. Meche held various engineering positions for J. Ray McDermott, Inc. from 1985 to 1996.

Roy F. “Buddy” Breerwood, III became Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in February 2012. Mr. Breerwood has served as Controller from October 2007 to January 2012 and Accounting Manager from July 2002 to October 2007.

William J. “Bill” Fromenthal, Jr. became Vice President of Operations and General Manager in January 2013. Mr. Fromenthal has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Dolphin since 2000. Mr. Fromenthal was a project manager of the Company from 1996 to 2000 and held various project management, planning and coordination roles in the industry from 1976 to 1996.

William G. “Bill” Blanchard became President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Island, L.L.C. in February 2006. Mr. Blanchard was Estimating Department Manager of Gulf Island, L.L.C. from January 2000 until January 2006.

Francis A. Smith, Jr. became President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Marine in March 2009. From July 2004 to March 2009, Mr. Smith was an Independent Consultant. From 1973 to 2004, Mr. Smith held positions in various capacities with J. Ray McDermott and McDermott, Inc. including Vice-President and General Manager, Fabrication Division, except from 1991 to 1994 when he held the position of Vice President, Fabrication for OPI.

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PART II

Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, under the symbol “GIFI.” As of March 13, 2013, we had approximately 3,200 holders of record of our common stock.

The following table sets forth the high and low sale prices per share of the common stock, as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and the amount of cash dividends declared per share of our common stock, for each fiscal quarter of the two most recent fiscal years.

In each quarter of 2012, our Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.10 per share on the shares of our common stock outstanding, totaling $5.8 million. On March 6, 2013, our Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.10 per share on the shares of our common stock outstanding, payable April 1, 2013 to shareholders of record on March 18, 2013. Any future declaration and payment of dividends, if any, is at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on our retained earnings, working capital requirements and the future operation and growth of our business and other factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table sets forth shares of our common stock we repurchased during the three-month period ended December 31, 2012.

Information as to the securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans is incorporated herein by reference to Item 12 of this report on Form 10-K.

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Stock Performance Graph

The following graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return on our common stock from December 31, 2007 to December 31, 2012, with the cumulative total return of the Standard & Poor 500 Index and the Standard & Poor 500 Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Index for the same period. The returns are based on an assumed investment of $100 on January 1, 2008 at closing prices on December 31, 2007 in our common stock and in each of the indexes and on the assumption that dividends were reinvested.

Total Return To Shareholders

(Includes reinvestment of dividends)

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

The following table sets forth selected historical financial data as of the dates and for the periods indicated. The historical financial data for each year in the five-year period ended December 31, 2012 is derived from our audited financial statements. The following information should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this report on Form 10-K.

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Introduction and Outlook

Our results of operations are affected primarily by (i) the level of exploration and development activity maintained by oil and gas exploration and production companies in the Gulf of Mexico, and to a lesser extent, foreign locations throughout the world, (ii) our ability to win contracts through competitive bidding or alliance/partnering arrangements, and (iii) our ability to manage those contracts to successful completion. The level of exploration and development activity is related to several factors, including trends in oil and gas prices, expectations of future oil and gas prices, changes in technology and changes in the regulatory environment, including new permitting processes and increased regulation imposed on domestic oil and gas exploration by the Bureau of Ocean Energy, Regulation and Enforcement.

We believe conditions in the oil and gas industry brought on by the Deepwater Horizon incident in 2010 have improved. Oil prices are currently stable above $90 per barrel, global and U.S. working drilling rig count is increasing and U.S. Gulf of Mexico permitting activity is on the rise, particularly in deepwater offshore locations. We believe demand for deepwater and marine related projects will be driven by this increased activity. Our focus remains on managing our contract costs, particularly those associated with maintaining our labor force, as our customers face the challenge and cost of developing deepwater locations. We are in the process of implementing new tracking and reporting procedures and have hired additional staff in order to monitor and track the progress on our projects. We expect these initiatives to enable us to more effectively control costs in the event of customer delivery delays or deviations and discrepancies with respect to designs and drawings submitted by our customers.

In the longer term, demand for our products and services will continue to depend largely upon prices for oil and gas and the capital outlay decisions of oil and gas exploration and production companies, which at this time is difficult to predict.

Backlog

Our backlog is based on management’s estimate of the direct labor hours required to complete, and the remaining revenue to be recognized with respect to, those projects a customer has authorized us to begin work or purchase materials or services pursuant to written contracts, letters of intent or other forms of authorization. Often, however, management’s estimates are based on preliminary engineering and design specifications by the customer and are refined together with the customer. As engineering and design plans are finalized or changes to existing plans are made, management’s estimate of the direct labor hours required to complete a project and the price of a project at completion is likely to change. In addition, all projects currently included in our backlog are subject to termination at the option of the customer, although the customer is generally required to pay us for work performed and materials purchased through the date of termination and, in some instances, cancellation fees. In addition, customers have the ability to delay the execution of projects.

As of December 31, 2012, we had a revenue backlog of $537.0 million and a labor backlog of approximately 4.4 million man-hours remaining to work, including commitments received through March 13, 2013 and excluding backlog of $30.0 million relating to the suspended Cheviot project, compared to revenue backlog of $614.5 million and a labor backlog of 4.6 million man-hours reported as of December 31, 2011. We exclude suspended projects from contract backlog because resumption of work and timing of backlog revenues are difficult to predict.

Of our backlog at December 31, 2012,

Depending on the size of the project, the termination or postponement of any one of our deepwater projects could significantly reduce our backlog, and could have a material adverse effect on revenue, net income and cash flow. For additional information, see Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements and Item 1A. “Risk

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Factors — Our backlog is subject to change as a result of changes to management’s estimates, suspension or termination of projects currently in our backlog or our failure to secure additional projects. Our revenue, net income and cash flow could be adversely affected as a result of changes to our backlog.”

As of December 31, 2012, we expect to recognize revenues from our backlog of approximately

Recognition of backlog revenue as presented above is based on management estimates of the application of the direct labor hours of the backlog during the current projected timelines to complete the projects. Certain factors and circumstances, as mentioned above, could cause changes in the period when the backlog is recognized as revenue.

Workforce

During 2012, our workforce ranged from approximately 1,950 to 2,400. Demand for our products and services dictates our workforce needs. Although we generally try to minimize the use of contract labor, we will use contract labor when required to meet customer demand. For 2012, our use of contract labor ranged from approximately 90 to 430 contract laborers. Due to the award of significant contracts at the end of 2010 and during 2011, we focused on hiring and maintaining manpower through 2012 to meet the level of activity.

Man-hours worked were 4.8 million, 2.7 million and 2.4 million for the years ending December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 respectively. The major factor contributing to the significant increase in man-hours worked in 2012 was our ability to work on two major deepwater projects in our backlog during the year.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require us to make estimates and assumptions. We believe that of our significant accounting policies (see Note 1 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements), the following involves a higher degree of judgment and complexity:

Revenue Recognition

The majority of our revenue is recognized on a percentage-of-completion basis based on the ratio of direct labor hours actually performed to date compared to the total estimated direct labor hours required for completion. Accordingly, contract price and cost estimates are reviewed monthly as the work progresses, and adjustments proportionate to the percentage of completion are reflected in revenue for the period when such estimates are revised. If these adjustments were to result in a reduction of previously reported profits, we would have to recognize a charge against current earnings, which may be significant depending on the size of the project or the adjustment.

Some contracts include a total or partial reimbursement to us of any costs associated with specific capital projects required by the fabrication process. If a particular capital project provides future benefits to us, the cost to build the capital project will be capitalized, and the revenue for the capital project will increase the estimated profit in the contract.

Contract costs include all direct material, labor and subcontract costs and those indirect costs related to contract performance, such as indirect labor, supplies and tools. Also included in contract costs are a portion of those indirect contract costs related to plant capacity, such as depreciation, insurance and repairs and maintenance. These indirect costs are allocated to jobs based on actual direct labor hours incurred. Profit

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incentives are included in revenue when their realization is probable. Claims for extra work or changes in scope of work are included in revenue when the amount can be reliably estimated and collection is probable. Changes in job performance, job conditions, and estimated profitability, including those arising from contract penalty provisions, and final contract settlements may result in revisions to costs and income and are recognized in the period in which the revisions are determined.

At December 31, 2012, we recorded revenue totaling $5.2 million related to certain change orders on four projects which have been approved as to scope but not price. We expect to resolve these change orders in the first and second quarters of 2013. At December 31, 2012, we also recorded revenue totaling $7.7 million related to re-measure units and quantities on a unit rate contract that is in progress. We are in the process of negotiating the application of contractual unit rates to these quantities and expect to finalize these measurement packages in the first and second quarter of 2013. No revenues were recorded at December 31, 2011 and 2010 related to unapproved change orders.

Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which such losses are determined. We recognized contract losses of $12.5 million, $3.0 million, and $1.3 million in the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. Contract losses increased in 2012 due mainly to the increase in manhours estimated to complete one of our major deepwater projects. On March 7, 2013, we entered into a change order with our customer to settle our claim relating to this project. Revenue for this change order earned by the Company was recorded in the quarter ended December 31, 2012. The change order also includes incentives related to key milestone date and performance metrics which have not been recorded as of December 31, 2012 but will be recorded as revenue in future periods if and when incentive terms are met. Estimated contract losses recognized in the year ended December 31, 2012 were $12.5 million, inclusive of the revenue recorded at December 31, 2012 from this change order. Our claim was related to increased man-hours driven by revisions and delivery delays to specifications and designs by our customer causing out-of-sequence work schedules. The customer also extended delivery of the first phase of the project multiple times as a result of these revisions and delays. Any future deliverable delays or project revisions could also result in future revisions to contract estimates.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

We routinely review individual contracts receivable balances and make provisions for probable doubtful accounts as we deem appropriate. Among the factors considered during the review are the financial condition of our customer and their access to financing, underlying disputes on the account, age and amount of the account and overall economic conditions. Accounts are written off only when all reasonable collection efforts are exhausted.

Our principal customers include major and large independent oil and gas companies and their contractors and marine vessel operators and their contractors. This concentration of customers may impact our overall exposure to credit risk, either positively or negatively, in that customers may be similarly affected by changes in economic or other conditions. Receivables are generally not collateralized; however, in certain instances we obtain collateral to reduce our credit exposure. In the normal course of business, we extend credit to our customers on a short-term basis.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2012 and 2011

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, our revenue was $521.3 million compared to $307.8 million in revenue for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011, an increase of 69.4%. The following factors contributed to the increase in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to the year ended December 31, 2011:

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For the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, gross profit was $3.8 million (0.7% of revenue) and $4.5 million (1.5% of revenue), respectively. Factors contributing to the overall decrease in gross profit for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012 compared to the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011 include:

Partially offsetting these adverse impacts on gross profit, man-hours worked increased as discussed in “Workforce.” The increase in production had a favorable impact on margin due to the spread it provided to our fixed overhead as compared to the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011.

Our general and administrative expenses were $9.8 million for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012 compared to $8.2 million for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011. Although the absolute dollar value was more, general and administrative expenses, as a percentage of revenue, was 1.9% compared to 2.7% for the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Factors that contributed to the increase in general and administrative expenses for the twelve months ended December 31, 2012 include:

We had net interest income of $433,000 for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012 compared to net interest income of $902,000 for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011. The interest income for the period ended December 31, 2012 was primarily related to the accretion of the discount associated with the financing arrangement described in Note 2 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The interest income for the period ended December 31, 2011 was also related to the accretion of the discount associated with the financing arrangement in Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

We had other income of $128,000 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2012, compared to $309,000 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011. Other income for both periods represents gain on sales of miscellaneous equipment.

Our effective income tax rate was a benefit of 24.3% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, compared to a benefit of 26.3% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011. The decrease in the effective rate for the period ended December 31, 2012 was related to the reduction of the Company’s income

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mainly due to the provision for loss on contract receivables described elsewhere herein. This reduction in income caused an increase in Louisiana state income tax apportionment in 2012 as compared to 2011, reducing the overall income tax benefit recorded in 2012 compared to 2011.

Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011, our revenue was $307.8 million, an increase of 24.0%, compared to $248.3 million in revenue for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2010. The following factors contributed to the increase in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to the year ended December 31, 2010:

For the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, gross profit was $4.5 million (1.5% of revenue) and $23.3 million (9.4% of revenue), respectively. Factors contributing to the decrease in gross profit for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011 compared to the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2010 include:

Our general and administrative expenses were $8.2 million for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011 compared to $7.9 million for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2010. Although the absolute dollar value was more, general and administrative expenses, as a percentage of revenue, were 2.7% of revenue compared to 3.2% of revenue for the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

We had net interest income of $902,000 for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011 compared to net interest income of $5.0 million for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2010. The interest income for the period ended December 31, 2011 was primarily related to the accretion of the discount associated with the financing arrangement described in Note 2 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The interest income for the period ended December 31, 2010 was primarily related to the accretion of the discount associated with the financing arrangement with Bluewater and ATP on the fabrication of the MinDOC I hull. On November 29, 2010, our financing arrangement with Bluewater/ATP was completely settled following the sale of our limited overriding royalty interest.

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We had other income of $309,000 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, compared to a $1.0 million income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010. Other income for the period ended December 31, 2011 represents gains on sales of miscellaneous equipment. Other income for period ended December 31, 2010 represents the settlement of claims related to damages incurred in connection with the hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast in 2008.

Our effective income tax rate was a benefit of 26.3% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011, compared to an expense of 38.7% for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2010. The decrease in the effective rate for the period ended December 31, 2011 was related to the reduction of income at our Texas facility mainly due to the asset impairments described elsewhere herein. This reduction in income caused a decrease in our estimated Federal qualified production activities income deduction and an increase in Louisiana state income tax apportionment in 2011 as compared to 2010, reducing the overall income tax benefit recorded in 2011 compared to income tax expense recorded in 2010.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Historically we have funded our business activities through funds generated from operations. Effective October 29, 2012, we entered into the Eleventh Amendment to the Ninth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement which, among other things, increased our revolving line of credit from $60 million to $80 million and extended the term of our revolver from December 31, 2013 to December 31, 2014. Our revolving line of credit is secured by substantially all of our assets. Amounts borrowed under our revolving line of credit bear interest, at our option, at either the prime lending rate established by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. or LIBOR plus 1.5 percent. We pay a fee on a quarterly basis of one-fourth of one percent per annum on the weighted-average unused portion of our revolving line of credit.

At March 13, 2013 we had $10.0 million borrowed under our revolving line of credit, and we had outstanding letters of credit totaling $46.8 million, which reduced the unused portion of our revolving line of credit to $23.2 million. We required borrowings to fund our working capital which has been adversely impacted by the suspension of the Cheviot project and the extended collection of the associated Bluewater receivable as discussed further in “Critical Accounting Policies.” Also, as discussed in “Critical Accounting Policies,” contributing to our decreased working capital were increased contract losses incurred during 2012, primarily attributable to one of our major deepwater projects. On March 7, 2013, we entered into a change order with our customer to settle our claim relating to this project. Revenue for this change order earned by the Company was recorded in the quarter ended December 31, 2012. As a result of our entry into this change order, we expect to pay down a portion of our outstanding borrowings in the first half of 2013.

We are required to maintain certain financial covenants under our revolving line of credit, including a minimum current ratio of 1.25 to 1.0, a net worth minimum requirement of $241.2 million, debt to net worth ratio of 0.5 to 1.0, and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to interest expense ratio of 4.0 to 1.0. As of December 31, 2012, we were in compliance with these covenants.

At December 31, 2012, our cash and cash equivalents totaled $24.9 million. Working capital was $81.3 million at December 31, 2012. The ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 1.88 to 1 at December 31, 2012. Net cash provided by operating activities was $11.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, compared to $11.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. Our primary uses of cash during 2012 were related to capital expenditures and an increase in our net contract position. As of December 31, 2012, our investment in net contract position was $43.3 million compared to $30.3 million as of December 31, 2011, representing an increase of $13.1 million. The increase is due to timing of work performed on several larger contracts compared to scheduled contractual billing terms, the revisions to the payment terms agreed to with Bluewater in August 2012, and cost recoveries negotiated with customers. We define net contract position as contracts receivable, contract retainage, costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, materials and other amounts prepaid to subcontractors, accounts payable, and billings in excess of

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costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts. An overall increase in these contract related accounts represents a relative decrease in cash on hand for working capital needs and an increase in cash utilized by contracts in progress.

Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 was $35.9 million, mainly related to capital expenditures for equipment and improvements to our production facilities, including an additional $4.8 million to extend the length of our graving dock at our Texas facility, $2.8 million for two Manitowac 18000 maxer attachments for our cranes at our Texas facility and $5.4 million to dredge the waterways near the bulkhead of our Texas facilities to accommodate larger vessels used in the installation of deepwater projects. Also included in capital expenditures were $2.9 million for an additional M2250 Manitowoc crane for our Gulf Island facility in Houma and $1.1 million on the construction of a new, 30,000 square foot warehouse for Gulf Island’s east yard.

Also for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012, $9.5 million was spent to complete the construction of a coffer cell to drain the graving dock at our Texas facility. During the fourth quarter of 2011, the graving dock flooded unexpectedly when soil washed out from under the graving dock floor, which allowed water from the Corpus Christi Ship Channel to enter the dock through the floor and caused damage to a portion of the graving dock slab. To prevent further flooding, the Company designed and constructed a coffer cell to drain the dock and complete repairs to the slab so that it can be utilized during the fabrication stage of the Williams Gulfstar FPS™ GS-1hull project. Of the $9.5 million spent in 2012, $3.1 million of costs to build the coffer are included in contract costs for the Williams project. The remaining $6.4 million has been capitalized as property as part of the graving dock or as inventory for use on future projects after its removal upon completion of the Williams project. The graving dock at our Texas facility is drained and repairs to the slab are substantially complete. The approximate cost to repair the graving dock was $7.5 million, all of which has been recovered through insurance.

We anticipate capital expenditures for 2013 to be approximately $17.6 million for the purchase of equipment and additional yard and facility infrastructure improvements, including $4.5 million for rolling equipment to replace aging rolling equipment at our Texas facility.

The $5.5 million of net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 included $17,000 of proceeds from the exercise of stock options and $259,000 of excess tax benefits associated with the share-based payment arrangements less $5.8 million in payments of dividends on common stock.

We believe that for the next twelve months, our cash on hand, our cash generated by operating activities and funds available under our revolving line of credit will be sufficient to fund our capital expenditures and meet our working capital needs. However, job awards may require us to issue additional letters of credit further reducing the capacity available on our revolving line of credit. We may also expand our operations through acquisitions in the future, which may require additional equity or debt financing which we believe would be available to us; however, there can be no assurance that amounts will be available on commercial terms acceptable to us.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

The following table sets forth an aggregation of our contractual obligations and commitments as of December 31, 2012, (in thousands).

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Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

We are not a party to any contract or other obligation not included in our balance sheet that has, or is reasonably likely to have, a current or future effect on our financial condition.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We do not have operations subject to material risk of foreign currency fluctuations, nor do we use derivative financial instruments in our operations or investment portfolio. We have an $80.0 million revolving line of credit with our primary commercial banks. Under the terms of our revolving line of credit, we may elect to pay interest at either a fluctuating base rate established by the bank from time to time or at a rate based on the rate established in the London inter-bank market. We do not believe that we have any material exposure to market risk associated with interest rates.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

In this report our consolidated financial statements of and the accompanying notes appear on pages F-1 through F-18 and are incorporated herein by reference. See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on Page 35.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date to provide assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation under the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2012.

The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included herein.

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The Board of Directors and Shareholders

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.

We have audited Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.’s (the “Company’s”) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, based on the COSO criteria.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012, and our report dated March 13, 2013, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New Orleans, Louisiana

March 13, 2013

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Item 9B. Other Information

Not applicable.

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information regarding executive officers called for by this item may be found following Item 4 of this report on Form 10-K under the caption “Executive Officers of the Registrant” and is incorporated herein by reference.

We have adopted a Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers (the “Code of Ethics”) and a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which applies to all employees and directors, including the Chief Executive Officers and Senior Financial Officers. These codes are available to the public on our website at www.gulfisland.com. Any substantive amendments to the Code of Ethics or any waivers granted under the Code of Ethics will be disclosed within five days of such event on our website.

The remaining information called for by this item may be found in our definitive Proxy Statement prepared in connection with the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

Information called for by this item may be found in our definitive Proxy Statement prepared in connection with the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

Information regarding security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management called for by this item may be found in our definitive Proxy Statement prepared in connection with the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table provides information about our shares of common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options, warrants and rights under all of our existing equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2012.

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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Information called for by this item may be found in our definitive Proxy Statement prepared in connection with the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Information called for by this item may be found in our definitive Proxy Statement prepared in connection with the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

The following financial statements, schedules and exhibits are filed as part of this Report:

Other schedules have not been included because they are not required, not applicable, immaterial or the information required has been included elsewhere herein.

See Exhibit Index on page E-1. The Company will furnish to any eligible shareholder, upon written request, a copy of any exhibit listed upon payment of a reasonable fee equal to the Company’s expenses in furnishing such exhibit. Such requests should be addressed to Investor Relations, Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., P.O. Box 310, Houma, LA 70361-0310.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. at December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 13, 2013, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New Orleans, Louisiana

March 13, 2013

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GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements

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GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)