an american manufacturer of specialized structures and marine vessels used in the energy sector . the company builds offshore oil and gas platforms ships and also foundations for offshore wind turbines . 1 it also provides maintenance and marine repair services in shop and out in the field . the company has built some of the largest offshore platforms in the world . 1 the company s headquarters are located in houston texas and its seven building yards are in louisiana and texas . gulf island fabrication and bechtel are partners . 2 the company was founded by alden doc laborde a world war ii navy commander who later worked the offshore oil and gas industry . in 1985 the company took over a bankrupt rival named delta fabrication . the company became publicly listed in 1997 . the company offered 2 000 000 shares at 15 per share . with a total offer amount of 30 million . 3 the company had diversified revenue to build ships and expanded by taking over leevac shipyards in the beginning of 2016 . 4 the acquisition provided about 112 million incremental contract backlog during the industry downturn . 5 references edit a b http www.providencejournal.com article 20150613 news 150619923 http www.offshoreenergytoday.com gulf island fabrication teams up with bechtel http ipo.findthecompany.com l 720 gulf island fabrication inc http www.nola.com business index.ssf 2016 01 gulf island buys leevac shipya.html http www.epmag.com gulf island fabrication subsidiary will acquire leevac shipyard assets 833131 a mighty wind tries to lift rig builders past oil s downturn a debt free and cash rich dividend paying company with significant upside potential gulf island warns of possible layoffs gulf island fabrication bracing for layoffs at texas subsidiary newspaper reports should you worry about the future of gulf island fabrication inc. nasdaq gifi gulf island fabrication inc. reports second quarter earnings gulf island carbo warn of possible layoffs affecting nearly 300 workers my thesis on gulf island fabrication gulf island fabrication is a blunt falling knife gulf island fabrication wins foundation work for first u.s. offshore wind farm gulf island fabrication ceo sees boom potential in gulf of mexico shallow water external links edit official site of gulf island fabrication louisiana builder is hard at work on r.i. s offshore wind turbines video retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gulf island fabrication & oldid 742655470 categories construction and civil engineering companies of the united statesenergy engineering and contractor companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 00 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view