POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Kirk J. Meche, Cindi Cook, and Kelly C. Simoneaux, or any one
of them acting individually, and with full power of substitution, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate
to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

	(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. ("GIFI"), Forms
3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules
thereunder;

	(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5
and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

	(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or any such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is GIFI assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby revokes all previous Powers of Attorney that have been
granted by the undersigned in connection with the undersigned's reporting
obligations, if any, under Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by GIFI.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by GIFI, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 16th day of October 2018.



	Cheryl D. Richard