UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

FORM 10-Q

x

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2019

March 31, 2020

or

¨

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from

to

Commission File Number 001-34279


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GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

LOUISIANA

72-1147390

GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
LOUISIANA72-1147390

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

16225 PARK TEN PLACE, SUITE 300

HOUSTON, TEXAS

77084

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(713) 714-6100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(713) 714-6100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock

GIFI

NASDAQ

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 every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

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

Large accelerated filer

¨

Accelerated filer

x

Non-accelerated filer

¨

Smaller reporting company

x

Emerging Growth Company

¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

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

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, no par value per share, outstanding as of November 5, 2019,May 6, 2020, was15,263,170 15,290,417.



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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

As used in this report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 ("this Report"), the following abbreviations and terms have the meanings as listed below. In addition, the terms “Gulf Island,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Certain terms defined below may be redefined separately within this Report when we believe providing a definition upon the first use of the term will assist users of this Report.  Unless and as otherwise stated, any references in this Report to any agreement means such agreement and all schedules, exhibits and attachments in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to the date of filing this Report.


2018

2019 Annual Report

Our annual report for the year ended December 31, 2018,2019, filed with the SEC on Form 10-K on March 1, 2019.5, 2020.

ASU

Accounting Standards Update.

Balance Sheet

Our Consolidated Balance Sheets, as filed in this Report.

contract assets

Costs and estimated earnings recognized to date in excess of cumulative billings.

contract liabilities

Cumulative billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings recognized to date and accrued contract losses.

CARES Act

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.

Credit Agreement

Our $40.0 million revolving credit facility with Hancock Whitney Bank maturing June 9, 2021, as amended.Bank.

deck

The component of a platform on which drilling, production, separating, gathering, piping, compression, well support, crew quartering and other functions related to offshore oil and gas development are conducted.

direct

labor hours

Hours worked by employees directly involved in the production of our products. These hours do not include support personnel such as maintenance and warehousing.

DTA(s)

Deferred tax asset(s)Tax Asset(s).

EPC

Engineering, procurement and construction phases of a complex project that requires project management and coordination of these significant activities.

EPSIncome (loss) per share.

Exchange Act

Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

F&S

Our Fabrication AHFS

The machinery and equipment previously located at our Texas North Yard that was not sold in connection with the sale of the Texas North Yard and continues to be held for sale by our Fabrication& Services Division.

FASB

Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Financial Statements

Our consolidatedConsolidated Financial Statements, including comparative consolidatedConsolidated Balance Sheets, Statements of Operations, Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity and Statements of Cash Flows, as filed in this Report.

FPSO

GAAP

Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel. A floating vessel used by the offshore oil and gas industry for the production and processing of hydrocarbons and for the storage of oil.
GAAP

Generally accepted accounting principlesAccepted Accounting Principles in the U.S.

GOMGulf of Mexico.

inland or inshore

Typically, in bays, lakes and marshy areas.


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jacket

jacket

A component of a fixed platform consisting of a tubular steel, braced structure extending from the mudline of the seabed to a point above the water surface. The jacket is anchored with tubular steel pilings driven into the seabed. The jacket supports the deck structure located above the water.

LIBOR

Jennings Yard

Our Shipyard Division's facility located near Jennings, Louisiana.

LIBOR

London Inter-Bank Offered Rate.

modules

LNG

Liquified Natural Gas.

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modules

Fabricated structures that includeincluding structural steel, piping, valves, fittings, storage vessels and other equipment that are incorporated into a refining, petrochemical, LNG or industrial system. These modules are pre-fabricatedprefabricated at our facilities and then transported to the customer's location for final integration.

MPSV

Multi-Purpose Service Vessel.

offshore

NOL(s)

Net operating loss(es) that are available to offset future taxable income, subject to certain limitations.

offshore

In unprotected waters outside coastlines.

onshore

Inside the coastline on land.

OSV

Offshore Support Vessel.

Performance Obligation

performance obligation

A contractual obligation to construct and transfer a distinct good or service to a customer. It is the unit of account in Topic 606. The transaction price of a contract is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied.

piles

Rigid tubular pipes that are driven into the seabed to support platforms.

platform

PPP

A structure from which offshore oil and gas development drilling and production are conducted.

Paycheck Protection Program administered by the SBA under the CARES Act.  

pressure vessel

PPP Loan

A metal container generally cylindrical or spheroid, capable of withstanding various internal pressure loads.

Our $10.0 million loan with Whitney Bank issued pursuant to the PPP.

SEC

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Shipyard AHFS

A drydock held for sale by our

Our Shipyard Division.

skid unit

SBA

Packaged equipment usually consisting of major production, utility or compression equipment with associated piping and control system(s).

Small Business Administration.

South Texas PropertiesOur former Texas North Yard and Texas South Yard. The Texas South Yard property was sold on April 20, 2018 and the Texas North Yard was sold on November 15, 2018.
SPARSingle Point Anchor Reservoir. A floating vessel with a circular cross-section that sits vertically in the water and is used for infield flow lines and associated subsea infrastructure. The SPAR connects subsea production and injection wells for oil and gas production in deepwater environments.

Statement of Cash Flows

Our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, as filed in this Report.

Statement of Operations

Our Consolidated Statements of Operations, as filed in this Report.

subsea templates

Surety

Tubular frames which are placed on the seabed and anchored with piles. Usually a series of oil and gas wells are drilled through these underwater structures.
Surety

A financial institution that issues bonds to customers on behalf of the Company for the purpose of providing third-party financial assurance related to the performance of our contracts.

T&M

Work performed and billed to the customer generally at contracted time and material rates, cost plus or other variable fee arrangements which can include a mark-up.arrangements.


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Texas North YardOur former fabrication yard, and certain related machinery and equipment, located in Aransas Pass, Texas, which was sold on November 15, 2018.
Texas South YardOur former fabrication yard, and certain related machinery and equipment, located in Ingleside, Texas, which was sold on April 20, 2018.
TLPTension Leg Platform. A floating hull and deck anchored by vertical tensioned cables or pipes connected to pilings driven into the seabed. A tension leg platform is typically used in water depths exceeding 1,200 feet.

Topic 606

The revenue recognition criteria prescribed under ASU 2014-09,Revenue from Contracts with Customers.Customers

.

U.S.

The United States of America.

Whitney Bank

Hancock Whitney Bank.



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PART I. FINANCIALFINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

 

 

March 31,

2020

 

 

December 31,

2019

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

48,562

 

 

$

49,703

 

Short-term investments

 

 

19,993

 

 

 

19,918

 

Contracts receivable and retainage, net

 

 

16,178

 

 

 

26,095

 

Contract assets

 

 

64,905

 

 

 

52,128

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

 

 

2,005

 

 

 

3,948

 

Inventory

 

 

2,723

 

 

 

2,676

 

Assets held for sale

 

 

8,082

 

 

 

9,006

 

Total current assets

 

 

162,448

 

 

 

163,474

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

69,651

 

 

 

70,484

 

Other noncurrent assets

 

 

18,930

 

 

 

18,819

 

Total assets

 

$

251,029

 

 

$

252,777

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

70,542

 

 

$

61,542

 

Contract liabilities

 

 

11,571

 

 

 

26,271

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

8,077

 

 

 

10,031

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

90,190

 

 

 

97,844

 

Other noncurrent liabilities

 

 

2,228

 

 

 

2,248

 

Total liabilities

 

 

92,418

 

 

 

100,092

 

Shareholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, no par value, 5,000 shares authorized, no shares

   issued and outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, no par value, 30,000 shares authorized, 15,290 shares issued

   and outstanding at March 31, 2020 and 15,263 at December 31, 2019

 

 

11,121

 

 

 

11,119

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

103,143

 

 

 

103,124

 

Retained earnings

 

 

44,347

 

 

 

38,442

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

158,611

 

 

 

152,685

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

251,029

 

 

$

252,777

 

 September 30,
2019
 December 31,
2018
 (Unaudited)  
ASSETS   
Current assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$45,911
 $70,457
Short-term investments25,457
 8,720
Contracts receivable and retainage, net30,268
 22,505
Contract assets50,855
 29,982
Inventory4,358
 6,088
Prepaid expenses and other assets3,437
 3,268
Assets held for sale18,518
 18,935
Total current assets178,804
 159,955
Property, plant and equipment, net74,770
 79,930
Other noncurrent assets23,591
 18,405
Total assets$277,165
 $258,290
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY   
Current liabilities:   
Accounts payable$58,781
 $28,969
Contract liabilities15,682
 16,845
Accrued expenses and other liabilities10,359
 10,287
Total current liabilities84,822
 56,101
Other noncurrent liabilities5,299
 1,089
Total liabilities90,121
 57,190
Shareholders’ equity:   
Preferred stock, no par value, 5,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
 
Common stock, no par value, 30,000 shares authorized, 15,263 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2019 and 15,090 at December 31, 201811,123
 11,021
Additional paid-in capital103,154
 102,243
Retained earnings72,767
 87,836
Total shareholders’ equity187,044
 201,100
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity$277,165
 $258,290

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Revenue

 

$

78,555

 

 

$

67,605

 

Cost of revenue

 

 

78,809

 

 

 

67,052

 

Gross profit (loss)

 

 

(254

)

 

 

553

 

General and administrative expense

 

 

3,744

 

 

 

3,834

 

Impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

(70

)

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

(9,934

)

 

 

71

 

Operating income (loss)

 

 

5,936

 

 

 

(3,282

)

Interest (expense) income, net

 

 

53

 

 

 

262

 

Net income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

5,989

 

 

 

(3,020

)

Income tax (expense) benefit

 

 

(84

)

 

 

(22

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

5,905

 

 

$

(3,042

)

Per share data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted income (loss) per common share

 

$

0.39

 

 

$

(0.20

)

 Three Months Ended 
 September 30,
 Nine Months Ended 
 September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Revenue$75,802
 $49,712
 $223,863
 $161,016
Cost of revenue78,487
 52,924
 227,593
 164,248
Gross loss(2,685) (3,212) (3,730) (3,232)
General and administrative expense3,970
 4,902
 11,791
 14,703
Asset impairment and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net324
 146
 254
 (5,683)
Other (income) expense, net(51) 2,484
 (181) 2,859
Operating loss(6,928) (10,744) (15,594) (15,111)
Interest (expense) income, net139
 72
 527
 (166)
Net loss before income taxes(6,789) (10,672) (15,067) (15,277)
Income tax (expense) benefit10
 (277) (2) (419)
Net loss$(6,779) $(10,949) $(15,069) $(15,696)
Per share data:       
Basic and diluted loss per common share$(0.44) $(0.73) $(0.99) $(1.05)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

 

 

Retained

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

 

15,090

 

 

$

11,021

 

 

$

102,243

 

 

$

87,836

 

 

$

201,100

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,042

)

 

 

(3,042

)

Vesting of restricted stock

 

 

146

 

 

 

(71

)

 

 

(643

)

 

 

 

 

 

(714

)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

504

 

 

 

 

 

 

560

 

Balance at March 31, 2019

 

 

15,236

 

 

$

11,006

 

 

$

102,104

 

 

$

84,794

 

 

$

197,904

 


 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

 

 

Retained

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

 

 

15,263

 

 

$

11,119

 

 

$

103,124

 

 

$

38,442

 

 

$

152,685

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,905

 

 

 

5,905

 

Vesting of restricted stock

 

 

27

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(66

)

 

 

 

 

 

(74

)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

85

 

 

 

 

 

 

95

 

Balance at March 31, 2020

 

 

15,290

 

 

$

11,121

 

 

$

103,143

 

 

$

44,347

 

 

$

158,611

 

  Common Stock 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
 
  Shares Amount 
 Balance at December 31, 201714,910
 $10,823
 $100,456
 $108,214
 $219,493
 Net loss
 
 
 (5,296) (5,296)
 Vesting of restricted stock133
 (79) (708) 
 (787)
 Stock-based compensation expense
 69
 607
 
 676
 Balance at March 31, 201815,043
 10,813
 100,355
 102,918
 214,086
 Net income
 
 
 549
 549
 Stock-based compensation expense
 75
 680
 
 755
 Balance at June 30, 201815,043
 10,888
 101,035
 103,467
 215,390
 Net loss
 
 
 (10,949) (10,949)
 Vesting of restricted stock1
 
 (8) 
 (8)
 Stock-based compensation expense
 69
 634
 
 703
 Balance at September 30, 201815,044
 $10,957
 $101,661
 $92,518
 $205,136


  Common Stock 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
 
  Shares Amount 
 Balance at December 31, 201815,090
 $11,021
 $102,243
 $87,836
 $201,100
 Net loss
 
 
 (3,042) (3,042)
 Vesting of restricted stock146
 (71) (643) 
 (714)
 Stock-based compensation expense
 56
 504
 
 560
 Balance at March 31, 201915,236
 11,006
 102,104
 84,794
 197,904
 Net loss
 
 
 (5,248) (5,248)
 Stock-based compensation expense
 79
 707
 
 786
 Balance at June 30, 201915,236
 11,085
 102,811
 79,546
 193,442
 Net loss
 
 
 (6,779) (6,779)
 Vesting of restricted stock27
 (8) (73) 
 (81)
 Stock-based compensation expense
 46
 416
 
 462
 Balance at September 30, 201915,263
 $11,123
 $103,154
 $72,767
 $187,044

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

5,905

 

 

$

(3,042

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and lease asset amortization

 

 

2,220

 

 

 

2,552

 

Other amortization, net

 

 

13

 

 

 

12

 

Bad debt expense

 

 

 

 

 

53

 

Asset impairments

 

 

 

 

 

299

 

(Gain) loss on sale of assets held for sale, net

 

 

 

 

 

(369

)

(Gain) loss on sale of fixed assets and other assets, net

 

 

(5

)

 

 

101

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

95

 

 

 

560

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contracts receivable and retainage, net

 

 

9,917

 

 

 

796

 

Contract assets

 

 

(12,777

)

 

 

(8,725

)

Prepaid expenses, inventory and other current assets

 

 

1,829

 

 

 

1,095

 

Accounts payable

 

 

9,663

 

 

 

7,542

 

Contract liabilities

 

 

(14,700

)

 

 

(7,611

)

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

 

(1,918

)

 

 

(1,558

)

Noncurrent assets and liabilities, net (including long-term retainage)

 

 

(235

)

 

 

(182

)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

 

7

 

 

 

(8,477

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

(2,124

)

 

 

(250

)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

 

 

1,080

 

 

 

424

 

Purchases of short-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

(20,041

)

Maturities of short-term investments

 

 

 

 

 

8,500

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(1,044

)

 

 

(11,367

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment of financing cost

 

 

(30

)

 

 

 

Tax payments for vested stock withholdings

 

 

(74

)

 

 

(715

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(104

)

 

 

(715

)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(1,141

)

 

 

(20,559

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

 

49,703

 

 

 

70,457

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

48,562

 

 

$

49,898

 

 Nine Months Ended 
 September 30,
 
 2019 2018
Cash flows from operating activities:   
Net loss$(15,069) $(15,696)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:   
Depreciation and lease asset amortization7,264
 7,788
Other amortization, net37
 (458)
Bad debt expense59
 2,776
Asset impairments622
 1,360
(Gain) loss on sale of assets held for sale, net(369) (3,701)
(Gain) loss on sale of fixed assets and other assets, net(565) 87
(Gain) loss on insurance recoveries, net
 (3,342)
Stock-based compensation expense1,808
 2,134
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:   
Contracts receivable and retainage, net(7,822) (6,211)
Contract assets(20,873) (11,814)
Prepaid expenses, inventory and other current assets1,502
 (1,722)
Accounts payable29,244
 1,791
Contract liabilities(1,164) 6,588
Accrued expenses and other liabilities(470) 632
Noncurrent assets and liabilities, net (including long-term retainage)(910) 1,122
Net cash used in operating activities(6,706) (18,666)
Cash flows from investing activities:   
Capital expenditures(1,990) (2,362)
Purchases of short-term investments(45,366) (9,174)
Maturities of short-term investments28,761
 
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment1,598
 57,716
Recoveries from insurance claims
 9,362
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities(16,997) 55,542
Cash flows from financing activities:   
Proceeds from borrowings under Credit Agreement
 15,000
Repayment of borrowings under Credit Agreement
 (15,000)
Payment of financing cost(48) (44)
Tax payments for vested stock withholdings(795) (795)
Net cash used in financing activities(843) (839)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents(24,546) 36,037
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period70,457
 8,983
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period$45,911
 $45,020

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2019

March 31, 2020

(Unaudited)


1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Nature of Operations


We are

Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, “Gulf Island,” "the Company," "we," "us" and "our") is a leading fabricator of complex steel structures, modules and marine vessels, used in energy extraction and production, petrochemical and industrial facilities, power generation, alternative energy and shipping and marine transportation operations. We also providea provider of project management, hookup, commissioning, repair, maintenance and civil construction services. Our customers include United States ("U.S.") and, to a lesser extent, international energy producers; refining, petrochemical, LNG, industrial, power and marine operators; EPC companies; and certain agencies of the U.S. government. We operate and manage our business through threetwo operating divisions ("Fabrication", "Shipyard"Shipyard" and "Services""Fabrication & Services") and one non-operating division ("Corporate"), which represent our reportable segments. During the first quarter 2019, our former EPC Division was operationally combined with our Fabrication Division. See Note 7 for discussion of our realigned operating divisions and related financial information. Our corporate headquarters is located in Houston, Texas, with operating facilities located in Houma, Jennings and Lake Charles, Louisiana.


  See Note 7 for discussion of our realigned reportable segments and discussion of our anticipated closure of the Jennings Yard.

Significant projects in our backlog include the expansion of a paddle wheel riverboat, the constructionfabrication of an offshore jacket and deck fiveas well as modules for an offshore facility; material supply for an offshore jacket and deck; and construction of three harbor tug vessels, three offshore regional class marine research vessels, three vehicle ferries, two towboats, an ice-breaker tug, and threefive towing, salvage and rescue ships.  Projects completed in recent years include the expansion of a paddle wheel riverboat; fabrication of complexpetrochemical modules for a newbuild petrochemical facility andas well as a meteorological tower and platform for an offshore wind project,project; and construction of two technologically advanced OSVs and fiveseven harbor tug vessels.vessels and two towboats. Other completed projects include the fabrication of wind turbine foundations for the first offshore wind project in the U.S.,; and construction of two technologically-advanced OSVs, two of the largest liftboats servicing the Gulf of Mexico ("GOM"), one of the deepest production jackets in the GOM, and the first single point anchor reservoir ("SPAR") hull fabricated in the U.S.


Basis of Presentation


The accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements ("Financial Statements") reflect all wholly owned subsidiaries.  Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.  The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. ("GAAP") for interim financial statements, the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").  Accordingly, the Financial Statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.  In our opinion, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019.


2020.

Our Consolidated Balance Sheet ("Balance Sheet") at December 31, 2018,2019, has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. For further information, refer to the Financial Statements and related footnotes included in our 20182019 Annual Report. Certain amounts for the 2018 period

Liquidity Outlook

In recent years our operating results and cash flows have been reclassified withinimpacted by lower margins due to competitive pricing, a significant underutilization of our Consolidated Statementsfacilities and losses on certain projects.  As a result, we implemented initiatives to improve and maintain our liquidity (including reducing the compensation of Operations ("Statementour executive officers and directors and reducing the size of Operations") and our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows ("Statement of Cash Flows") to conform toboard), reduce our presentation for the 2019 period.


Business Outlook

We continue to strategically position the Company to participate inreliance on the fabrication of petrochemicalstructures and industrial facilities, pursuemarine vessels associated with the offshore wind opportunities,oil and diversifygas sector, improve our customer base within all operating divisions. In addition, we continue to focus on maintainingresource utilization and centralize our liquiditykey project resources, and securing meaningful new project awards and backlog in the near-term and generating operating income and cash flows from operations in the longer-term. We have made significant progress in our efforts to increase our backlog and improve and preserve our liquidity, including cost reductions and the sale of underutilized assets. We are further focused on strengthening relationships with key customers and enhancing our proposal, estimating and operations resources, processes and procedures to improve our competitiveness and overall project execution.  See Note 3 for further discussion ofThese initiatives are ongoing, and while we can provide no assurances that the initiatives will achieve our recent asset sales and assets held for sale at September 30, 2019.

Wedesired results, we believe that our cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments at September 30, 2019, and availability under our Credit Agreement (defined in Note 4), will be sufficient to enable us to fund our operating expenses, meet our working capital and capital expenditure requirements, and satisfy any debt service obligations or other funding requirements, for at least twelve months from the filing date of this Report.

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Operating Cycle


The durations of our contracts vary, and canbut typically extend beyond twelve months from the date of contract award. Consistent with industry practice, assets and liabilities have been classified as current under the operating cycle concept whereby all contract-related items are classified as current regardless of whether cash will be received or paid within a twelve monthtwelve-month period. Assets and liabilities classified as current which may not be received or paid within the next twelve months include contract retainage, contract assets and contract liabilities. Variations from normal contract terms may result in the classification of assets and liabilities as noncurrent.


long-term.

Use of Estimates


General - The preparation of our Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities.  We believe our most significant estimates and judgments are associated with revenue recognition for our contracts, including application of the percentage-of-completion method, estimating costs to complete each contract and the recognition of incentives, unapproved change orders, claims and liquidated damages; fair value and recoverability assessments that must be periodically performed with respect to long-lived assets and our assets held for sale; determination of deferred income tax assets, liabilities and related valuation allowances; reserves for bad debts; and liabilities related to self-insurance programs.programs; and the impacts of the Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) and low oil prices on our business, estimates and judgments as discussed further below. If the underlying estimates and assumptions upon which our Financial Statements are based change in the future, actual amounts may differ materially from those included in the Financial Statements.


COVID-19 and Low Oil Prices - COVID-19 is a widespread public health crisis that is adversely affecting the economies and financial markets globally. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic and the U.S. President has announced a national emergency relating to COVID-19. National, state and local authorities have recommended social distancing and imposed, or are considering, quarantine and isolation measures on large portions of the population, including mandatory business closures. These measures, while intended to protect human life, have had and are expected to continue to have a significant impact on domestic and foreign economies of uncertain severity and duration. The effectiveness of economic stabilization efforts, including proposed government payments to affected citizens and industries, is uncertain. Due to COVID-19 and related measures, there has been a decline in the demand for, and thus prices of, oil and these declines have been exacerbated by a market share dispute between the world’s largest oil producers.  Some economists are predicting the U.S. may enter a recession of unknown duration. The extent to which COVID-19 and low oil prices may adversely impact our business, prospects, financial condition, operating results and cash flows depends on future developments that are highly uncertain and unpredictable.  As a result of this current level of uncertainty over the economic and operational impacts of COVID-19 and low oil prices, the related business and financial impacts cannot be reasonably estimated at this time, and may include, among other things, unanticipated project costs due to project disruptions and schedule delays, lower labor productivity, lack of performance by subcontractors and suppliers, and contract disputes, including claims. Events and changes in circumstances arising after this Report resulting from the impacts of COVID-19, if any, will be reflected in management’s estimates for future periods.

Income (Loss) Per Share


We report basic and diluted

Basic income (loss) per share ("EPS") usingis calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the "two-class" method as required under GAAP. The calculation of EPS using the two-class method is required when a company has two or more classesweighted average number of common stock or participating securities. Certainshares outstanding for the period. Diluted income (loss) per share reflects the assumed conversion of our unvested restricted stock (which are not included in our basic or diluted weighted average shares outstanding) contain the right to receive non-refundable dividends and therefore represent participatingdilutive securities.  See Note 6 for calculations of our basic and diluted EPS.


income (loss) per share.

Cash Equivalents and Short-termShort-Term Investments

Cash equivalentsEquivalents - We consider investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

Short-Term Investments -Short-term investments - We consider investments with original maturities of more than three months but less than twelve months to be short-term investments. At September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, our short-term investments include U.S. Treasuries with original maturities of less than six months.  We intend to hold these investments until maturity and haveit is not more likely than not that we would be required to sell the investments prior to their maturity.  The investments are stated them at amortized cost. Duecost, which approximates fair value due to their near-term maturities, amortized cost approximates fair value. maturities. All short-term investments are traded on active markets with quoted prices and represent level 1 fair value measurements.


Inventory

Inventory is recorded at the lower of cost or net realizable value determined using the first-in-first-out basis.  The cost of inventory includes acquisition costs, production or conversion costs, and other costs incurred to bring the inventory to a current

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location and condition.  Net realizable value is our estimated selling price in the normal course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation.  An allowance for excess or inactive inventory is recorded based on an analysis that considers current inventory levels, historical usage patterns, estimates of future sales and salvage value.


Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

In the normal course of business, we extend credit to our customers on a short-term basis and contract receivables are generally not collateralized; however, we typically have the right to place liens on our projects in the event of nonpayment by our customers. We routinely review individual contract receivable balances for collectibility and make provisions for probable uncollectible amounts as necessary. Among the factors considered in our review are the financial condition of our customer and its access to financing, underlying disputes with the customer, the age and value of the receivable balance, and economic conditions in general.

Our customer base historically includes a significant number of energy related companies and their contractors. This concentration of customers in the energy sector 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. See Note 2 for further discussion of our allowance for doubtful accounts.

Stock-Based Compensation

Awards under our stock-based compensation plans are calculated using a fair value-based measurement method. We use the straight-line method to recognize share-based compensation expense over the requisite service period of the award.  We recognize the excess tax benefit or tax deficiency resulting from the difference between the deduction we receive for tax purposes and the stock-based compensation expense we recognize for financial reporting purposes created when common stock vests, as an income tax benefit or expense inon our Statement of Operations.

Tax payments made on behalf of employees to taxing authorities in order to satisfy employee income tax withholding obligations from the vesting of shares under our stock-based compensation plans are classified as a financing activity inon our Statement of Cash Flows.


Assets Held for Sale

Assets held for sale are measured at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell. See Note 3 for further discussion of our assets held for sale.


Depreciation Expense

We depreciate property,

Property, plant and equipment are depreciated on a straight-line basis over estimated useful lives ranging from three to 25 years, absent any indicators of impairment.years. Ordinary maintenance and repairs, which do not extend the physical or economic lives of the plant or equipment, are charged to expense as incurred.


Long-Lived Assets

We review long-lived

Long-lived assets, for impairment, which include property, plant and equipment and our lease assets included within other noncurrent assets, are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.  If a recoverability assessment is required, we compare the estimated future undiscounted cash flow associated with the assetsasset or asset groups are comparedgroup to their respectiveits carrying amountsamount to determine if an impairment exists. An asset group constitutes the minimum level for which identifiable cash flows are principally independent of the cash flows of other assets or asset groups. An impairment loss is measured by comparing the fair value of the asset or asset group to its carrying amount and recording the excess of the carrying amount of the asset or asset group over its fair value as an impairment charge. An asset group constitutes the minimum level for which identifiable cash flows are principally independent of the cash flows of other assets or asset groups. Fair value is determined based on discounted cash flows, appraised values or third-party indications of value, as appropriate. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we identified no indicators of impairment.


Fair Value Measurements

Our fair

Fair value determinations for financial assets and liabilities are based on the particular facts and circumstances. Financial instruments are required to be categorized within a valuation hierarchy based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  The three levels of the valuation hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 - inputs are based upon quoted prices for identical instruments traded in active markets.

Level 2 - inputs are based upon quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market.

Level 3 - inputs are based upon model-based valuation techniques for which significant assumptions are generally not observable in the market and typically reflect estimates and assumptions that we believe market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. These include discounted cash flow models and similar valuation techniques.


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The carrying amounts reported forof our financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, contractsaccounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their fair values.


See Note 3 for discussion of our assets held for sale.

Revenue Recognition


General - Our revenue is derived from customer contracts and agreements that are awarded on a competitively bid and negotiated basis using a range of contracting options, including fixed-price, unit-rate and T&M.  Our contracts primarily relate to the fabrication and construction of steel structures, modules and marine vessels, and project management services and other service


arrangements. We recognize revenue for our contracts in accordance with Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, Topic 606 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” ("Topic 606"),.  

Topic 606 requires entities to recognize revenue in a way that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which was adopted by us on January 1, 2018,the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Additionally, provisions of Topic 606 specify which goods and supersedes previousservices are distinct and represent separate performance obligations (representing the unit of account in Topic 606) within a contract and which goods and services (which could include multiple contracts or agreements) should be aggregated. In general, a performance obligation is a contractual obligation to construct and/or transfer a distinct good or service to a customer. The transaction price of a contract is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. Revenue for performance obligations satisfied over time are recognized as the work progresses. Revenue for performance obligations that do not meet the criteria for over time recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance.


are recognized at a point-in-time when a performance obligation is complete and a customer has obtained control of a promised asset.

Fixed-Price and Unit-Rate Contracts - Revenue for our fixed-price and unit-rate contracts is recognized using the percentage-of-completion method (an input method), based on contract costs incurred to date compared to total estimated contract costs.costs (an input method).  Contract costs include direct costs, such as materials and labor, and indirect costs that are attributable to contract activity.  Material costs that are significant to a contract and do not reflect an accurate measure of project completion are excluded from the determination of our contract progress. Revenue for such materials is only recognized to the extent of costs incurred.  Revenue and gross profit for contracts accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method can be significantly affected by changes in estimated cost to complete such contracts. Significant estimates impacting the cost to complete a contract include: costs of engineering, materials, components, equipment, labor and subcontracts; labor productivity; schedule durations, including subcontractor and supplier progress; contract disputes, including claims; achievement of contractual performance requirements; and contingency, among others.  Although our customers retain the right and ability to change, modify or discontinue further work at any stage of a contract, in the event our customers discontinue work, they are required to compensate us for the work performed to date.  The cumulative impact of revisions in total cost estimates during the progress of work is reflected in the period in which these changes become known, including, to the extent required, the reversal of profit recognized in prior periods and the recognition of losses expected to be incurred on contracts. Due to the various estimates inherent in our contract accounting, actual results could differ from those estimates, which could result in material changes to our Financial Statements and related disclosures.  See Note 2 for further discussion of projects with significant changes in estimated margins during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.


T&M Contracts - Revenue for our T&M contracts is recognized at contracted rates when the work is performed, the costs are incurred and collection is reasonably assured. Our T&M contracts provide for labor and materials to be billed at rates specified within the contract. The consideration from the customer directly corresponds to the value of our performance completed at the time of invoicing.


Variable Consideration - Revenue and gross profit for contracts can be significantly affected by variable consideration, which can be in the form of unapproved change orders, claims, incentives and liquidated damages that may not be resolved until the later stages of the contract or after the contract has been completed and delivery occurs.completed. We estimate variable consideration based on the amount we expect to be entitled and include estimated amounts in transaction price to the extent it is probable that a significant future reversal of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur or when we conclude that any significant uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is resolved.


Adoption See Note 2 for further discussion of Topic 606unapproved change orders, claims, incentives and liquidated damages.  

Additional Disclosures - As discussed above, on January 1, 2018 we adopted Topic 606. Prior to our adoption of Topic 606 our determinationalso requires enhanced disclosures regarding the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of percentage-of-completionrevenues and cash flows from contracts with customers. See Note 2 for our fixed-pricerequired disclosures under Topic 606.

Pre-Contract Costs

Pre-contract costs are generally charged to cost of revenue as incurred, but in certain cases their recognition may be deferred if specific probability criteria are met. At March 31, 2020 and unit-rate contracts was based onDecember 31, 2019, we had no deferred pre-contract costs.

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Other (Income) Expense, Net

Other (income) expense, net, generally represents recoveries or provisions for bad debts, gains or losses associated with the percentagesale or disposition of direct labor hours incurred to date compared to total estimated direct labor hours,property and revenueequipment other than assets held for materials was recognized only to the extent of costs incurred. However, in our adoption of Topic 606, we adjusted our measure of progress for the determination of percentage-of-completion to include subcontract labor hours in addition to direct labor hours. Accordingly, our determination of percentage-of-completion forsale, and income or expense associated with certain nonrecurring items.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, was based on this method.


DuringMarch 31, 2020, other (income) expense also includes a gain of approximately $10.0 million associated with the fourth quarter 2018, we concluded that the usesettlement of labor hours for the determination of percentage-of-completion for our fixed-price and unit-rate contracts was not appropriate based on the changing mix of our contracts, which include an increasing amount of engineered equipment, manufactured materials, and subcontracted services and materials. We also concluded that in our adoption of Topic 606 as of January 1, 2018, our determination of percentage-of-completion for our fixed-price and unit-rate contracts should have been based on total contract costs incurred to date compared to total estimated contract costs. We further concluded that material costs that are significant to a contract and do not reflect an accurate measure ofdispute for a project completion should be excluded from the determination of our contract progress, and revenue for such materials should only be recognized to the extent of costs incurred. Accordingly, during the fourth quarter 2018, we corrected our percentage-of-completion estimates for our fixed-price and unit-rate contracts to be based on total costs incurred to date compared to total estimated contract costs. Accordingly, our determination of percentage-of-completion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, was based on this method. The impact of the differencecompleted in methods of determining percentage-of-completion between the 2019 and 2018 periods was not material.
During 2018 we also evaluated the required cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings as of January 1, 2018 for the adoption impact of Topic 606. Based on this evaluation, we determined that the cumulative effect adjustment would have been $0.4 million, which we did not believe was material to our Financial Statements. Accordingly, no cumulative adjustment to retained earnings as of January 1, 2018 was recorded.

2015.

Income Taxes


Income taxes have been provided using the liability method. Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes using enacted rates expected to be in effect during the year in which the differences are expected to reverse.


Due to changing tax laws, significant judgment is required to estimate the effective tax rate expected to apply to tax differences that are expected to reverse in the future.

A valuation allowance is provided to reserve for deferred tax assets ("DTA(s)") if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the DTAs will not be realized. The realization of our DTAs depends on our ability to generate sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character and in the appropriate jurisdictions.


Reserves for uncertain tax positions are recognized when we consider it more likely than not that additional tax will be due in excess of amounts reflected in our income tax returns, irrespective of whether or not we have received tax assessments.  Interest and penalties on uncertain tax positions are recorded within income tax expense.


Pre-contract Costs

Pre-contract costs are generally charged to cost of revenue as incurred, but in certain cases their recognition may be deferred if specific probability criteria are met. At September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we had no deferred pre-contract costs.

Other (Income) Expense, Net

Other (income) expense, net, generally represents (recoveries) provisions for bad debts, (gains) losses associated with the sale or disposition of property and equipment other than assets held for sale, and (income) expense associated with certain nonrecurring items.

New Accounting Standards


Leases - In the first quarter 2019, we adopted ASU 2016-02, “Leases,” which required us to record a lease liability on our Balance Sheet equal to the present value of our lease payments for leased assets, and record a lease asset on our Balance Sheet representing our right to use the underlying leased assets for all leases having an original term of longer than 12-months. In our adoption we elected the modified retrospective transition method, and accordingly, prior periods have not been restated and continue to be reported under the lease standard in effect during such periods. We also elected certain practical expedients provided by ASU 2016-02, including not recording an asset or liability for leases having a term of 12-months or less and not separating lease and non-lease components for our leases. Upon adoption, we recorded operating lease assets and lease liabilities of approximately $7.2 million and $5.3 million, respectively, at January 1, 2019. Included in our lease asset was an intangible asset of $1.9 million associated with two favorable lease obligations recorded in connection with a former acquisition, which was reclassified as a lease asset under ASU 2016-02. 

The lease asset is reflected within other noncurrent assets, and the current and noncurrent portions of the lease liability are reflected within accrued expenses and other liabilities, and other noncurrent liabilities, respectively, on our Balance Sheet. At September 30, 2019, our lease asset, current lease liability and long-term lease liability were $6.8 million, $0.3 million and $4.7 million, respectively. For leases with escalations over the life of the lease, we recognize expense on a straight-line basis. See Note 5 for further discussion of our lease liabilities.

Stock-based grants - In the first quarter 2019, we adopted ASU 2018-07, "Improvements to Non-employee Share-Based Payment Accounting," which simplifies the accounting for share-based payments granted to non-employees for goods and services. Under the ASU, most of the guidance for such payments to non-employees is now aligned with the requirements for share-based payments to employees. The adoption of the new standard did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or related disclosures.

Financial instruments - In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial“Financial Instruments - Credit Losses - Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments,” which changes the way companies evaluate credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments. For trade and other receivables, short-term investments, loans and other instruments, entities will be required to use a new forward-looking “expected loss” model to evaluate impairment, potentially resulting in earlier recognition of allowances for losses. The new standard also requires enhanced disclosures, including the requirement to disclose the information used to track credit quality by year of origination for most financing receivables. ASU 2016-13 will be effective for us in the first quarter 2020.2023. Early adoption of the new standard is permitted; however, we have not elected to early adopt the standard. The new standard is required to be applied using a cumulative-effect transition method. We are currently evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-13the new standard will have on our financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.


Income taxes - In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes,” to simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles and simplify areas such as franchise taxes, step-up in tax basis goodwill, separate entity financial statements and interim recognition of enacted tax laws or rate changes. The new standard will be effective for us in the first quarter 2021. We are currently evaluating the effect that the new standard will have on our financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.

2. REVENUE, CONTRACT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND OTHER CONTRACT MATTERS

As discussed in Note 1, we recognize revenue for our contracts in accordance with Topic 606.  Summarized below are required disclosures under Topic 606 and other relevant guidance.


Disaggregation of Revenue


The following tables summarize revenue for each of our operating segments, disaggregated by contract type, for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2020 and 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

 

 

 

Shipyard

 

 

F&S

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Contract Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-price and unit-rate(1)

 

$

44,302

 

 

$

24,557

 

 

$

(85

)

 

$

68,774

 

T&M(2)

 

 

1,257

 

 

 

6,925

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,182

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

1,961

 

 

 

(362

)

 

 

1,599

 

Total

 

$

45,559

 

 

$

33,443

 

 

$

(447

)

 

$

78,555

 

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2019(3)

 

 

 

Shipyard

 

 

F&S

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Contract Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-price and unit-rate(1)

 

$

34,450

 

 

$

17,497

 

 

$

(73

)

 

$

51,874

 

T&M(2)

 

 

2,961

 

 

 

10,622

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,583

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

2,474

 

 

 

(326

)

 

 

2,148

 

Total

 

$

37,411

 

 

$

30,593

 

 

$

(399

)

 

$

67,605

 

(1)

Revenue is recognized as the contract is progressed over time.


(2)

Revenue is recognized at contracted rates when the work is performed and costs are incurred.

(3)

See Note 7 for discussion of our realigned operating divisions.

  Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
  Fabrication
Shipyard
Services
Eliminations
Total
Contract Type         
Fixed-price and unit-rate (1)
$19,474
 $38,128
 $6,770
 $(65) $64,307
T&M (2)

 1,308
 9,442
 
 10,750
Other
 
 1,295
 (550) 745
 Total$19,474
 $39,436
 $17,507
 $(615) $75,802

  Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
  Fabrication
Shipyard
Services
Eliminations
Total
Contract Type         
Fixed-price and unit-rate (1)
$3,382
 $23,635
 $10,422
 $(494) $36,945
T&M (2)

 857
 10,424
 
 11,281
Other
 
 1,771
 (285) 1,486
 Total$3,382
 $24,492
 $22,617
 $(779) $49,712

  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
  Fabrication Shipyard Services Eliminations Total
Contract Type         
Fixed-price and unit-rate (1)
$54,520
 $108,361
 $23,517
 $(4,311) $182,087
T&M (2)

 5,229
 30,403
 
 35,632
Other
 
 7,254
 (1,110) 6,144
 Total$54,520
 $113,590
 $61,174
 $(5,421) $223,863

  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
  Fabrication Shipyard Services Eliminations Total
Contract Type         
Fixed-price and unit-rate (1)
$30,197
 $62,116
 $31,288
 $(1,989) $121,612
T&M (2)

 4,561
 31,495
 
 36,056
Other
 
 3,909
 (561) 3,348
 Total$30,197
 $66,677
 $66,692
 $(2,550) $161,016
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(1) Revenue is recognized as the contract is progressed over time.
(2) Revenue is recognized at contracted rates when the work is performed and costs are incurred.


Future Performance Obligations Required Under Contracts


A summary of

The following table summarizes our remaining performance obligations by operating segment at September 30, 2019, is as followsMarch 31, 2020 (in thousands).:

Segment

 

Performance

Obligations

 

Shipyard(1)

 

$

449,258

 

Fabrication & Services

 

 

29,191

 

Total

 

$

478,449

 

Segment Performance Obligations
Fabrication $39,894
Shipyard (1)
 384,852
Services 15,189
Total $439,935
   
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(1)

Amount excludes approximately $21.9 million of remaining performance obligations related to contracts for the construction of two MPSVs that are subject to dispute pursuant to termination notices from our customer. See Note 5 for further discussion of these contracts.


We expect to recognize revenue for our remaining performance obligations at September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, in the following periods (in thousands):

Year

 

Performance

Obligations

 

Remainder 2020

 

$

144,680

 

2021

 

 

183,269

 

2022

 

 

127,841

 

Thereafter

 

 

22,659

 

Total

 

$

478,449

 

Year Performance Obligations
Remainder of 2019 $79,028
2020 230,699
2021 122,068
Thereafter 8,140
Total $439,935
   

Contracts Assets and Liabilities

Revenue recognition and customer invoicing for our fixed-price and unit-rate contracts may occur at different times. Revenue recognition is based upon our estimated percentage-of-completion as discussed in Note 1; however, customer invoicing is generally dependent upon predeterminedcontractual billing terms, which could provide for customer payments in advance of performing the work, milestone billings based on the completion of certain phases of the work, or billings when services are provided. Revenue recognized in excess of amounts billed is reflected as contract assets on our Balance Sheet. Amounts billed in excess of revenue recognized, and accrued contract losses, are reflected as contract liabilities on our Balance Sheet. Contract assets and contract liabilities included in our Balance SheetInformation with respect to uncompleted contracts at September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2018, are2019 is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Contract assets

 

$

64,905

 

 

$

52,128

 

Contract liabilities(1), (2), (3)

 

 

(11,571

)

 

 

(26,271

)

Contracts in progress, net

 

$

53,334

 

 

$

25,857

 

 September 30, December 31,
 2019 2018
Contract assets$50,855
 $29,982
Contract liabilities (1), (2), (3)
(15,682) (16,845)
Contracts in progress, net$35,173
 $13,137
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(1)

The decrease in contract liabilities compared to December 31, 2018,2019, was primarily due to the unwind of advance payments on a projectthree projects in our Shipyard Division and two projects in our Fabrication Division, offset partially by an increase in billings on a project in our Fabrication Division and advance payments on a project in our Shipyard& Services Division.

(2)

Revenue recognized during the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2020 and 2019 and 2018, which related to amounts included in our contract liabilities balance at June 30, 2019 and 2018, was $8.5 million and $2.6 million respectively. Revenue recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, which related to amounts included in our contract liabilities balance at December 31, 2019 and 2018, and 2017, was $14.3$17.0 million and $5.1$13.5 million, respectively.

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(3)

Contract liabilities at September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2018,2019, includes accrued contract losses of $3.0$4.6 million and $2.4$6.4 million, respectively. See "Project Changes in Estimates" below for further discussion of our accrued contract losses.



Allowance for Doubtful Accounts


For the three months ended September 30, 2019, we had no provision for bad debts, and for the three months ended September 30, 2018, our provision for bad debts was $2.8 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, our provision for bad debts was $0.1 million and $2.8 million, respectively.

Our provision for bad debts is included in other (income) expense, net on our Statement of Operations. Our provision for bad debts for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, and our allowance for doubtful accounts at September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2018 was $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively.


2019, were not significant.

Variable Consideration


For the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, we had no material amounts in revenue related to unapproved change orders, claims or incentives. However, at September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2018,2019, certain projects in our Shipyard and Services divisions reflected a reduction to our estimated contract price for liquidated damages of $11.8 million and $11.2$12.9 million, respectively, of which $11.2 million was recorded during 2017.


Changes in Project Estimates


Changes in Estimates for 2020 - For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, significant changes in estimated margins on projects resulted in an increase innegatively impacted operating results for our operating loss of $3.9Shipyard Division by $1.2 million and $5.8 million, respectively.benefited operating results for our Fabrication & Services Division by $0.9 million.   The changes in estimates were associated with our harbor tug projects and ice-breaker tug project in our the following:

Shipyard Division and a project in our Services Division.


The changes in estimates for the harbor tug projects totaled $1.9 million and $3.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. The changes in estimates for the third quarter 2019 were the result of increased

Forty-Vehicle Ferry Projects - Increased forecast costs and forecast liquidated damages of $1.2 million for our two, forty-vehicle ferry projects, primarily associated with the need to supplement and re-perform work for an under-performing paint subcontractor, higher cost estimates from our electrical and instrumentation subcontractor, and our inability to achieve previously anticipated labor productivity improvements on our uncompleted vessels, resulting in increased craft labor and subcontracted servicesmaterial costs and extensions of schedule for the projects.schedule.  The changes in estimatesincreases were primarily due to anticipated rework for the first halfvessel, including potential reconstruction of 2019 were the result of increased forecast costs, primarily associated with limitations in craft labor availability and the required use of contract labor in lieu of direct hire labor, resulting in lower than anticipated craft labor productivity and extensions of schedule for the projects. The revised forecasts incorporate actual results obtained from completionpreviously completed portions of the fifth vessel, resulting from the determination that portions of the vessel structure are outside of acceptable tolerance levels.  The previous construction activities were performed by our former Fabrication Division prior to transferring management and project execution responsibility of the vessels to our Shipyard Division in the thirdfirst quarter 20192020 as discussed further in Note 7.  At March 31, 2020, the projects were approximately 42% and progress achieved on the remaining five vessels. At September 30, 2019, the uncompleted vessels were at various stages of completion ranging from approximately 13% to 88%55% complete and are forecast to be completed at various dates ranging from the fourth quarter 2019 through the third quarter 2020.in 2020 and 2021.  The projects were in a loss position at September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and our reserve for estimated losses was $1.9$3.3 million. If future craft labor productivity differsand subcontractor costs differ from our current estimates, we are unable to achieve our progress estimates, our schedules are further extended or the projects incur additional schedule liquidated damages, the projects would experience further losses.

Fabrication & Services Division


The changes in estimates for the ice-breaker tug project totaled $0.5 million

Paddle Wheel Riverboat and $1.3Subsea Components Projects - Reduced forecast costs and increased contract price of $0.9 million for the threeour paddle wheel riverboat and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. The changes in estimates for the third quarter 2019 were the result of increased forecast costs,subsea components projects, primarily associated with difficulties encountered to launch the vessel and anticipated delays and costs to deliver the vessel, resulting in additional craft labor, subcontracted services and support, and an extension of schedule for the project. The changes in estimates for the first half of 2019 were the result of increased forecast costs, primarily associated with incomplete and deficient subcontracted production engineering, resulting in construction rework and disruption, lower than anticipated craft labor productivity and an extension of schedule for the project. At September 30, 2019, the vessel was approximately 85% complete and is forecast to be completed in the fourth quarter 2019 and delivered in the first quarter 2020. The project was in a loss position at September 30, 2019 and our reserve for estimated losses was $0.1 million. If future craft labor productivity differs from our current estimates, we are unable to achieve our progress estimates, our schedule is further extended, or we experience further delays or additional costs to deliver the vessel, the project would experience further losses.


The changes in estimates for our Services project totaled $1.5 million and $1.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. The changes in estimates were the result of increased forecast costs and liquidated damages, primarily associated with stringent welding procedure requirements and customer specifications for subsea components, resulting in additional materials,reduced craft labor and subcontracted services costs and support,change orders. The benefits were primarily due to better than anticipated labor productivity and an extensionfavorable resolution of schedulechange orders with subcontractors and the customers.  At March 31, 2020, the projects were both complete.

Changes in Estimates for the project. At September 30, 2019 the project was approximately 56% complete and is forecast to be completed in the first quarter 2020. The project was in a loss position at September 30, 2019 and our reserve for estimated losses was $0.6 million. If we continue to experience difficulties with the procedure requirements and specifications for the project or the schedule is further extended, the project would experience further losses.


- For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, individual projects with significant changes in estimated margins did not have a material net impact on our loss from operations.

operating results.

Other Project Matters


Project Tariffs -Certain imported materials used, or forecast to be used, for our projects areare currently subject to existing, new or increased tariffs or duties. We believe such amounts, if incurred, are recoverable from our customers under the contractual provisions of our contracts; however, we can provide no assurances that we will successfully recover such amounts.


Other -At September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2018,2019, other noncurrent assets on our Balance Sheet included $3.0 million of retention for a previously completed project in our Fabrication & Services Division for the fabrication of modules for a petrochemical facility.modules. This retention is billable to the customer upon expiration of the contractual warranty period, which is expected to occur in the second quarter 2020; however,2020. In January 2020, the customer has recently announcedentered into a restructuring through a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy process and received court approval in March 2020.  The restructuring is intended to enable the customer to fulfill its commitments to suppliers, including payment of our retention; however, it is pursuing strategic alternatives and has executed amendments to its financing arrangements that could delay the timing of collection of the retention.


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3. ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

Our assets held for sale at March 31, 2020, primarily consisted of three 660-ton crawler cranes and a deck barge.  A summary of our assets held for sale at September 30,March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

Assets

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Machinery and equipment

 

$

15,338

 

 

$

17,618

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(7,256

)

 

 

(8,612

)

Total assets held for sale

 

$

8,082

 

 

$

9,006

 








Assets
Fabrication Division
Shipyard Division
Consolidated
Machinery and equipment
$25,789

$898

$26,687
Accumulated depreciation
(7,871)
(298)
(8,169)
Total
$17,918

$600

$18,518

Fabrication Division Assets Held for Sale

South Texas Properties -

During the first quarter 2017, we classified our fabrication yards and certain associated equipment in Ingleside, Texas ("Texas South Yard") and Aransas Pass, Texas ("Texas North Yard") (collectively, "South Texas Properties") as held for sale. During the second and fourth quarters of 2018, we completed the sale of the Texas South Yard and Texas North Yard, respectively, which included both fabrication yards and certain equipment. In connection with the sale of the Texas South Yard, during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2018, we received net proceeds of $53.8 millionMarch 31, 2020 and recognized a gain of $3.9 million, which is included within asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net on our Statement of Operations.


At September 30, 2019, our Fabrication Division continued to have $17.9 million of assets held for sale ("Fabrication AHFS"), which were initially expected to be sold with the South Texas Properties. These assets consist primarily of three 660-ton crawler cranes, a deck barge, two plate bending roll machines and panel line equipment. The Fabrication AHFS were relocated to our fabrication yard in Houma, Louisiana.

Hurricane Harvey Insurance Recoveries - During the third quarter 2017, buildings and equipment located at our South Texas Properties were damaged by Hurricane Harvey. In connection therewith, during 2017 we received $6.0 million of insurance proceeds as an initial payment from our insurance carriers, of which approximately $3.2 million was reflected as a liability on our Balance Sheet at December 31, 2017, related to estimated future repairs associated with Hurricane Harvey. In addition, during the second quarter 2018, we agreed to a global settlement with our insurance carriers for total insurance payments of $15.4 million, inclusive of the $6.0 million payment received during 2017 and $9.4 million of payments received during the nine months ended September 30, 2018. In applying the settlement proceeds (which were inclusive of agreed upon deductibles), we allocated the 2018 recoveries and the liability accrued at December 31, 2017, as follows:

$9.0 million, which offset impairments of property and equipment, primarily at our Texas North Yard, resulting in no net gain or loss. Our evaluation considered the Texas North Yard as a single asset group given the sale of our Texas South Yard had been completed. The impairments were based upon our best estimate of the decline in fair value of the asset group as a result of Hurricane Harvey; and
$3.6 million gain recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2018, which is included within asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net on our Statement of Operations.


Other - During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, we received proceeds of $0.4$1.1 million and $1.2$0.4 million, respectively, related to the sale of assets that were held for sale, which resulted insale.  During the three months ended March 31, 2020, no gain or loss was recognized on the asset sales as the proceeds approximated the carrying value of the assets. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we recorded a gain of $0.3 million and loss of $0.4 million foron the nine months ended September 30, 2019asset sales and 2018, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, we recorded expenseimpairments of $0.3 million and $1.4 million related to the impairment of other assets that were held for sale. The net expense of $1.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 is included within asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net on our Statement of Operations.

The sale of our South Texas Properties did not impact our ability to operate our Fabrication Division. Further, the sale of our South Texas Properties, and the Fabrication AHFS, did not qualify for discontinued operations presentation as we continue to operate our Fabrication Division at our fabrication yard in Houma, Louisiana.

Shipyard Division Assets Held for Sale

At September 30, 2019, our Shipyard Division had $0.6 million of assets held for sale ("Shipyard AHFS"), which consists of a 2,500-ton drydock located at our shipyard in Houma, Louisiana. The carrying value reflects an impairment of $0.3 million recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, as we sold the drydock in October 2019 for net proceeds of $0.6 million, which was $0.3 million less than its carrying value. The Shipyard AHFS did not qualify for discontinued operations presentation.

4. CREDIT FACILITIES

Credit Agreement


Agreement

We have a $40.0 million revolving credit facility (“Credit Agreement”) with Hancock Whitney Bank ("Credit Agreement"Whitney Bank") that can be used for borrowings or letters of credit.credit that matures June 9, 2021. On May 1, 2019,February 28, 2020, we amended our Credit Agreement to extend its maturity date to June 9, 2021 and amend certainour financial covenants. Our amended quarterly financial covenants at March 31, 2020, and for the remaining term of the Credit Agreement, are as follows:


Ratio of current assets to current liabilities of not less than 2.00:1.25:1.00;

Minimum tangible net worth of at least the sum of $170.0$130.0 million, plus 100% of the net proceeds from any issuance of stock or other equity after deducting of any fees, commissions, expenses and other costs incurred in such offering;

Minimum cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $40.0 million; and

Ratio of funded debt (which includes outstanding letters of credit) to tangible net worth of not more than 0.50:1.00.


Our Credit Agreement also includes restrictions regarding our ability to: (i) grant liens; (ii) make certain loans or investments; (iii) incur additional indebtedness or guarantee other indebtedness in excess of specified levels; (iv) make any material change to the nature of our business or undergo a fundamental change; (v) make any material dispositions; (vi) acquire another company or all or substantially all of its assets; (vii) enter into a merger, consolidation, or sale leaseback transaction; or (viii) declare and pay dividends if any potential default or event of default occurs.


Interest on borrowings under the Credit Agreement may be designated, at our option, as either the Wall Street Journal published Prime Rate (5.0%(3.3% at September 30, 2019)March 31, 2020) or LIBOR (2.0%(1.0% at September 30, 2019)March 31, 2020) plus 2.0% per annum. Commitment fees on the unused portion of the Credit Agreement are 0.4% per annum and interest on outstanding letters of credit is 2.0% per annum. The Credit Agreement is secured by substantially all of our assets (withwith a negative pledge on our real property).


property.

At September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, we had no outstanding borrowings under our Credit Agreement and $10.4$9.8 million of outstanding letters of credit to support our projects, providing $29.6$30.2 million of available capacity. At September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, we were in compliance with all of our financial covenants, with a tangible net worth of $185.2$159.3 million (as defined by the Credit Agreement),; total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $68.6 million; a ratio of current assets to current liabilities of 2.11:1.00,1.80 to 1.00; and a ratio of funded debt to tangible net worth of 0.06:1.00.


Surety Bonds


We issue surety bonds in the ordinary course of business to support our projects.  At September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, we had $409.3$411.8 million of outstanding surety bonds.



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Loan Agreement

On April 17, 2020, we entered into an unsecured loan in the aggregate amount of $10.0 million (“PPP Loan”) with Whitney Bank pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), which is sponsored by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”), and is part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”).  We received a consent from Whitney Bank that allows the PPP Loan to be included as permitted debt under our debt covenants in our Credit Agreement and is subject to, among other things, compliance with the CARES Act and use of the PPP Loan proceeds only for permissible purposes and in a manner intended to maximize our entitlement to forgiveness of the PPP Loan. See Note 8 for further discussion of the PPP Loan.

5. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES


We are subject to various routine legal proceedings in the normal conduct of our business, primarily involving commercial disputes and claims, workers’ compensation claims, and claims for personal injury under general maritime laws of the U.S. and the Jones Act. While the outcome of these lawsuits, legal proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe 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.


MPSV Termination Letter


During the first quarter 2018, we received notices of termination of the contracts for the construction of two MPSVs from one of our Shipyard Division customers.  We dispute the purported terminations and disagree with the customer’s reasons for such terminations. Pending the resolution of the dispute, we have ceased all work and the partially completed vessels and associated equipment and materials remain at our shipyardfacility in Houma, Louisiana. The customer also made claims under the bonds issued by the Surety in connection with the construction of the vessels. We have discussed with the Surety our disagreement with the customer’scustomer's purported terminations and its claims and continue to confer with the Surety regarding the dispute with the customer.


On October 2, 2018, we filed a lawsuit against the customer to enforce our rights and remedies under the applicable construction contracts. Our lawsuit disputes the propriety of the customer’s purported terminations of the construction contracts and seeks to recover damages associated with the customer’s actions. The customer filed its response to our lawsuit denying many of the allegations in the lawsuit and asserting a counterclaim against us seeking, among other things, declaratory judgment as to the validity of the customer'scustomer’s purported terminations of the construction contracts and other purported claims for which the customer is seeking damages in an unspecified amount.  We have filed a response to the counterclaim denying all of the customer'scustomer’s claims.  The customer subsequently filed an amendment to its counterclaim to add claims by the customer against the Surety. The customer also filed a motion for partial summary judgment with the trial court seeking, among other things, to obtain possession of the vessels. A hearing on thatthe motion was held on May 28, 2019, and the customer's request to obtain possession of the vessels was denied by the trial court.  The customer recently filed an amendment to its counterclaim to add claims by the customer against the Surety.  The customer also recentlysubsequently filed a second motion for partial summary judgment re-urging its previously denied request to obtain possession of the vessels.  A hearing on the second motion is currently scheduled forwas held on November 5, 2019.  2019, and the customer’s request to obtain possession of the vessels was again denied by the trial court.  Thereafter, the customer requested that the appellate court exercise its discretion and review the trial court’s denial of the customer’s second motion.  We have opposed the discretionary appellate review request of the customer and the appellate matter is pending.  Discovery in connection with the lawsuit is underway.


ongoing.  

We are unable to determineestimate the probability of a favorable or unfavorable outcome with respect to the dispute or estimate the amount of potential loss, if any, related to this matter. We can provide no assurances that we will not incur additional costs as we pursue our rights and remedies under the contracts and defend against the customer'scustomer’s claims. At September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2018,2019, other noncurrent assets on our Balance Sheet included a net contract asset of $12.5 million, which consisted of our contract asset, accrued contract losses, and deferred revenue balances at the time of the customer's purported terminationterminations of the contracts.


In April 2020, the customer announced it was entering into a restructuring through a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. However, as of the filing date of this Report, the customer had not filed for Chapter 11.  We hold first priority security interests and liens against the MPSVs that secure the obligations owed to us by the customer.

Insurance


We may be exposed to future losses through our use of deductibles and self-insured retentions for our exposures related to third party liability and workers' compensation.  We expect liabilities in excess of any deductibles and self-insured retentions to be covered by insurance.  To the extent we are self-insured, reserves are recorded based upon our estimates, with input from legal and insurance advisors.  Changes in assumptions, as well as changes in actual experience, could cause these estimates to change.


Letters of Credit and Surety Bonds

We obtain letters of credit under our Credit Agreement or surety bonds from financial institutions to provide to our customers in order to secure advance payments or guarantee performance under our contracts, or in lieu of retention being withheld on our

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contracts.  With respect to a letter of credit under our Credit Agreement, any advance payment in the event of non-performance under a contract would become a borrowing under our Credit Agreement and thus a direct obligation. With respect to a surety bond, any advance payment in the event of non-performance is subject to indemnification of the Surety by us, which may require us to borrow under our Credit Agreement.  When a contract is complete, the contingent obligation terminates, and letters of credit or surety bonds are returned.  See Note 4 for further discussion of our Credit Agreement and surety bonds.


Leases
Our significant operating leases include our corporate office in Houston, Texas and our shipyard facilities in Lake Charles and Jennings, Louisiana. Our corporate office lease expires in 2025 and our Lake Charles and Jennings leases include renewal options that allow us to extend the lease terms through 2038 and 2045, respectively. We are reasonably certain we will exercise

the renewal options and have therefore included the optional renewal periods in our expected lease terms and the measurement of our operating lease assets and liabilities. The table below sets forth the approximate future lease payments related to our operating leases with initial terms of more than one year (in thousands):
Period Payments
Remainder of 2019 $163
2020 659
2021 668
2022 677
2023 676
Thereafter 6,173
Total lease payments 9,016
Less interest (3,989)
Present value of lease liabilities $5,027

The discount rate used to determine the present value of our lease liabilities was based on the interest rate on our Credit Agreement adjusted for terms similar to that of our leased properties.  At September 30, 2019, our weighted-average remaining lease term was approximately 15.8 years and the weighted-average discount rate used to derive our lease liability was 7.5%. Cash paid for lease liabilities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively.

Environmental Matters

Our operations are subject to extensive and changing U.S. federal, state and local laws and regulations, as well as the laws of other countries, that establish health and environmental quality standards.  These standards, among others, relate to air and water pollutants and the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes.  We are exposed to potential liability for personal injury or property damage caused by any release, spill, exposure or other accident involving such pollutants, substances or wastes.  In connection with the historical operation of our facilities, including those associated with acquired operations, substances which currently are or might be considered hazardous were used or disposed of at some sites that will or may require us to make expenditures for remediation. We believe we are in compliance, in all material respects, with environmental laws and regulations and maintain insurance coverage to mitigate exposure to environmental liabilities.  We do not believe any environmental matters will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.


6. INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE

The following table presents the computation of basic and diluted income (loss) per share for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2020 and 2019 and 2018 (in thousands, except for per share amounts)data):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders

 

$

5,905

 

 

$

(3,042

)

Weighted-average shares(1)

 

 

15,275

 

 

 

15,151

 

Basic and diluted income (loss) per common share

 

$

0.39

 

 

$

(0.20

)

 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2019 2018 2019 2018
Net loss attributable to common shareholders$(6,779) $(10,949) $(15,069) $(15,696)
Weighted-average shares (1)
15,254
 15,044
 15,214
 15,017
Basic and diluted loss per common share$(0.44) $(0.73) $(0.99) $(1.05)
______________

(1) We have no dilutive securities.


7. SEGMENT DISCLOSURES


OPERATING SEGMENTS

During 2018,2019, we operated and managed our business through fourthree operating divisions ("Fabrication",Fabrication," "Shipyard", and "Services" and "EPC") and one non-operating division ("Corporate"), which represented our reportable segments. DuringIn the first quarter 2019,2020, our EPC Division wasFabrication and Services Divisions were operationally combined with ourto form an integrated new division called Fabrication Division. Our EPC Division was previously created to support the pursuit of a specific EPC project and other projects that require project management of EPC activities. Our& Services.  The operational combination will enable us to capitalize on the best practices and execution experience of the EPC Division withformer divisions and maximize the Fabrication Division is the resultutilization of our reduced emphasis on EPC project management opportunities and greater focus on modular fabrication and offshore wind opportunities. resources. As a result, of the aforementioned, we currently operate and manage our business through threetwo operating divisions ("Fabrication", "Shipyard"Shipyard" and "Services""Fabrication & Services") and one non-operating division ("Corporate"), which represent our current reportable segments. TheAccordingly, the segment results (including the effects of eliminations) for the EPC Divisionour Fabrication and Services Divisions for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20182019 were combined to conform to the presentation of our reportable segments for 2020. In addition to the division combination, in the first quarter 2020, management and project execution responsibility for our two, forty-vehicle ferry projects was transferred from our former Fabrication Division to our Shipyard Division to better align the supervision and construction of these vessels with the capabilities and expertise of our Shipyard Division. Accordingly, results for these projects for 2019 were reclassified from our former Fabrication Division to our Shipyard Division to conform to the


presentations presentation of our reportable segmentsthese projects for the 2019 periods. We believe that our operating divisions meet the criteria of reportable segments under GAAP. 2020.  Our threetwo operating divisions and Corporate Division are discussed below:
Fabrication Division -Our Fabrication Division fabricates modules for petrochemical and industrial facilities, foundations for alternative energy developments and other complex structures. Our Fabrication Division also fabricates offshore drilling and production platforms and other offshore structures for customers in the oil and gas industry, including jackets and deck sections of fixed production platforms, hull and/or deck sections of floating production platforms (such as TLPs, SPARs, FPSOs), piles, wellhead protectors, subsea templates, and various production, compressor, and utility modules along with pressure vessels. In addition, our Fabrication Division supports our efforts to pursue offshore wind opportunities and other projects that require project management of EPC activities. These activities are performed at our fabrication yard in Houma, Louisiana.

Shipyard Division - Our Shipyard Division fabricates newbuild marine vessels, including OSVs, MPSVs, research vessels, tugboats, salvage vessels, towboats, barges, drydocks, anchor handling vessels, and lift boats and other marine vessels. Our Shipyard Division also performsboats; provides marine repair activities,and maintenance services, including steel repair, blasting and painting services, electrical systems repair, machinery and piping system repairs, and propeller, shaft, and rudder reconditioning. In addition, our Shipyard Divisionreconditioning; and performs conversion projects that consist of lengtheningto lengthen vessels modifyingand modify vessels to permit their use for a different type of activity and other modifications toor enhance thetheir capacity or functionality of a vessel.functionality. These activities are performed at our shipyardsfacilities in Houma, Jennings and Lake Charles, Louisiana. In the first quarter 2020, we announced our intent to close the Jennings Yard upon completion of our harbor tug projects, which is forecast to occur in the third quarter 2020.  



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Fabrication & Services Division-Our Fabrication & Services (“F&S”) Division provides interconnectfabricates modules, skids and piping systems for onshore refining, petrochemical, LNG and relatedindustrial facilities and offshore facilities; fabricates foundations, secondary steel components and support structures for alternative energy developments and coastal mooring facilities; fabricates offshore production platforms and associated structures, including jacket foundations, piles and topsides for fixed production and utility platforms, as well as hulls and topsides for floating production and utility platforms; fabricates other complex steel structures and components; provides services on offshore platforms, and inland structures. Interconnectincluding welding, interconnect piping services involve sending employee crews to offshore platforms in the GOM to perform welding and other activitiesservices required to connect production equipment and service modules and other equipment on a platform. Our Services Division also contracts with oil and gas companies that have platforms and other structures located in the inland lakes and bays throughout the southeastern U.S. for variousequipment; provides on-site construction and maintenance activities. In addition, our Services Division fabricates packaged skid unitsservices on inland platforms and structures and industrial facilities; and performs various municipal and drainage projects, such asincluding pump stations, levee reinforcement, bulkheads and other public works projects for state and local governments.works. These servicesactivities are performed at customer facilities or at our services yardfacility in Houma, Louisiana.


Corporate Division - Our Corporate Division representsincludes costs that do not directly relate to our threetwo operating divisions. Such costs include, but are not limited to, executive management and directors' fees, clerical and administrative salaries, costs of maintaining our corporate office, executive management salaries and incentives, board of directors' fees, litigation related costs, and costs associated with overall corporate governance and being a publicly traded company. Costs incurred by our Corporate Division on behalf of our operating divisions are allocated to the operating divisions. Such costs include, but are not limited to, costs related to human resources, insurance, sales and marketing, information technology and accounting.


We generally evaluate the performance of, and allocate resources to, our operating divisions based upon revenue, gross profit (loss) and operating income (loss). DivisionSegment assets are comprised of all assets attributable to each division. Intersegment revenues are priced at the estimated fair value of work performed. Summarized financial information for our segments as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2020 and 2019, and 2018, isare as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

 

 

 

Shipyard

 

 

F&S

 

 

Corporate

 

 

Consolidated

 

Revenue

 

$

45,559

 

 

$

33,443

 

 

$

(447

)

 

$

78,555

 

Gross profit (loss)

 

 

(1,224

)

 

 

970

 

 

 

 

 

 

(254

)

Operating income (loss)

 

 

(1,899

)

 

 

10,165

 

 

 

(2,330

)

 

 

5,936

 

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

 

787

 

 

 

1,358

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

2,220

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

1,443

 

 

 

681

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,124

 

Total assets(1)

 

 

109,651

 

 

 

70,886

 

 

 

70,492

 

 

 

251,029

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019(2)

 

 

 

Shipyard

 

 

F&S

 

 

Corporate

 

 

Consolidated

 

Revenue

 

$

37,411

 

 

$

30,593

 

 

$

(399

)

 

$

67,605

 

Gross profit (loss)

 

 

(280

)

 

 

969

 

 

 

(136

)

 

 

553

 

Operating loss

 

 

(904

)

 

 

(251

)

 

 

(2,127

)

 

 

(3,282

)

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

 

1,109

 

 

 

1,341

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

2,552

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

22

 

 

 

228

 

 

 

 

 

 

250

 

Total assets(1)

 

 

96,961

 

 

 

86,348

 

 

 

75,406

 

 

 

258,715

 

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 Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
 Fabrication Shipyard Services Corporate Consolidated
Revenue$19,474
 $39,436
 $17,507
 $(615) $75,802
Gross profit (loss)(428) (2,402) 210
 (65) (2,685)
Operating loss(848) (3,349) (407) (2,324) (6,928)
Depreciation and amortization expense840
 992
 362
 96
 2,290
Capital expenditures137
 326
 168
 
 631
Total assets (1)
63,098
 109,129
 28,604
 76,334
 277,165

 Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
 Fabrication Shipyard Services Corporate Consolidated
Revenue$3,382
 $24,492
 $22,617
 $(779) $49,712
Gross profit (loss)(4,237) (1,764) 3,191
 (402) (3,212)
Operating income (loss)(8,277) (2,454) 2,482
 (2,495) (10,744)
Depreciation and amortization expense1,023
 1,050
 365
 42
 2,480
Capital expenditures142
 783
 545
 1
 1,471
Total assets (1)
85,780
 86,162
 32,427
 58,595
 262,964
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
 Fabrication Shipyard Services Corporate Consolidated
Revenue$54,520
 $113,590
 $61,174
 $(5,421) $223,863
Gross profit (loss)(1,877) (5,594) 4,088
 (347) (3,730)
Operating income (loss)(3,599) (7,817) 2,610
 (6,788) (15,594)
Depreciation and amortization expense2,698
 3,148
 1,099
 319
 7,264
Capital expenditures282
 1,060
 648
 
 1,990
Total assets (1)
63,098
 109,129
 28,604
 76,334
 277,165
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
 Fabrication Shipyard Services Corporate Consolidated
Revenue$30,197
 $66,677
 $66,692
 $(2,550) $161,016
Gross profit (loss)(5,888) (5,563) 9,390
 (1,171) (3,232)
Operating income (loss)(6,572) (7,810) 7,223
 (7,952) (15,111)
Depreciation and amortization expense3,219
 3,170
 1,141
 258
 7,788
Capital expenditures142
 1,442
 708
 70
 2,362
Total assets (1)
85,780
 86,162
 32,427
 58,595
 262,964
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(1)

Cash and short-term investments are reported within our Corporate Division. Total assets previously reported for 20182019 have been recast to conform to our presentation for 2019.2020.


(2)

Revenue of $0.8 million associated with our two, forty-vehicle ferry projects for 2019 was reclassified from our former Fabrication Division to our Shipyard Division to conform to the presentation of these projects for 2020 (the projects had no significant gross profit for 2019).

8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

As discussed in Note 4, on April 17, 2020, we entered into the PPP Loan with Whitney Bank for proceeds of $10.0 million pursuant to the PPP, which is sponsored by the SBA and is part of the CARES Act.  The PPP provides for loans to qualifying businesses, the proceeds of which may only be used for payroll costs, rent, utilities, mortgage interest, and interest on other pre-existing indebtedness (the “permissible expenses”).  The PPP Loan matures on April 17, 2022, bears interest at a fixed rate of 1.0 percent per annum, and is payable in monthly installments commencing on November 17, 2020.  The PPP Loan may be prepaid at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties.  The PPP Loan, and accrued interest, may be forgiven partially or in full, if certain conditions are met.  The most significant of the conditions are:

Only amounts expended for permissible expenses during the eight-week period following April 17, 2020 (the “covered period”) are eligible for loan forgiveness;

Of the total amount of permissible expenses for which forgiveness can be granted, at least 75% must be for payroll costs, or a proportionate reduction of the maximum loan forgiveness amount will occur; and

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If there are reductions in employee headcount (or employee compensation is reduced by more than 25%) during the covered period, a further reduction of the maximum loan forgiveness amount will occur.

In order to obtain full forgiveness of the PPP Loan, we must request forgiveness and provide satisfactory documentation in accordance with applicable SBA guidelines.  We will be obligated to repay any portion of the principal amount of the PPP Loan that is not forgiven, together with accrued interest. We intend to use the PPP Loan proceeds for only permissible purposes; however, we can provide no assurances that we will be eligible for forgiveness of the PPP Loan, in whole or in part.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” is provided to assist readers in understanding our financial performance during the periods presented and significant trends that may impact our future performance. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our Financial Statements and the related notes thereto.


Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information

This Report contains forward-looking statements in which we discuss our potential future performance. Forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, are all statements other than statements of historical facts, such as projections or expectations relating to oil and gas prices, operating cash flows, capital expenditures, liquidity and tax rates. The words “anticipates,” “may,” “can,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “targets,” “intends,” “likely,” “will,” “should,” “to be,” “potential” and any similar expressions are intended to identify those assertions as forward-looking statements.

We caution readers that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated, projected or assumed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that can cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements include the duration and scope of, and uncertainties associated with, the COVID-19 pandemic and related contraction in oil demand and the dispute over production levels between Russia and the members of OPEC and the impact thereof on our business and the global economy, which are evolving and beyond our control, our ability to secure new project awards, including fabrication projects for refining, petrochemical, LNG and industrial facilities and offshore wind developments, our ability to improve project execution, the cyclical nature of the oil and gas industry, competition, consolidation of our customers, timing and award of new contracts, reliance on significant customers, financial ability and credit worthiness of our customers, nature of our contract terms, competitive pricing and cost overruns on our projects, adjustments to previously reported profits or losses under the percentage-of-completion method, weather conditions, changes in backlog estimates, suspension or termination of projects, our ability to raise additional capital, our ability to amend or obtain new debt financing or credit facilities on favorable terms, our ability to remain in compliance with our covenants contained in our Credit Agreement, our ability to generate sufficient cash flow, our ability to sell certain assets, any future asset impairments, utilization of facilities or closure or consolidation of facilities, customer or subcontractor disputes, our ability to resolve the dispute with a customer relating to the purported terminationterminations of contracts to build two MPSVs, operating dangers and limits on insurance coverage, barriers to entry into new lines of business, our ability to employ skilled workers, loss of key personnel, performance of subcontractors and dependence on suppliers, changes in trade policies of the U.S. and other countries, compliance with regulatory and environmental laws, lack of navigability of canals and rivers, shutdowns of the U.S. government, systems and information technology interruption or failure and data security breaches, performance of partners in ourany future joint ventures and other strategic alliances, shareholder activism, focus on environmental, social and governance factors by institutional investors and other factors described in Item 1A "Risk Factors" in our 20182019 Annual Report as may be updated by subsequent filings with the SEC.

Investors are cautioned that many of the assumptions upon which our forward-looking statements are based are likely to change after the forward-looking statements are made, which we cannot control. Further, we may make changes to our business plans that could affect our results. We caution investors that we do not intend to update forward-looking statements more frequently than quarterly notwithstanding any changes in our assumptions, changes in business plans, actual experience or other changes, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.



Overview


Certain terms are defined in the “Glossary of Terms” beginning on page ii.


We are a leading fabricator of complex steel structures, modules and marine vessels, used in energy extraction and production, petrochemical and industrial facilities, power generation, alternative energy and shipping and marine transportation operations. We also providea provider of project management, hookup, commissioning, repair, maintenance and civil construction services. Our customers include United States ("U.S.") and, to a lesser extent, international energy producers; refining, petrochemical, LNG, industrial, power, and marine operators; EPC companies; and certain agencies of the U.S. Government.


We

During 2019, we operated and managed our business through three operating divisions ("Fabrication," "Shipyard" and "Services") and one non-operating division ("Corporate"), which represented our reportable segments. In the first quarter 2020, our Fabrication and Services Divisions were operationally combined to form an integrated new division called Fabrication & Services. As a result, we operate and manage our business through threetwo operating divisions ("Fabrication", "Shipyard"Shipyard" and "Services""Fabrication & Services") and one non-operating division ("Corporate"), which represent our reportable segments. During the first quarter 2019, our former EPC Division was operationally combined with our Fabrication Division, and accordingly,Accordingly, the segment results (including the effects of eliminations) for the EPC Divisionour Fabrication and Services Divisions for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20182019 were combined with the Fabrication Division to conform to the presentation of our reportable segments for 2020. In addition to the division combination, in the first quarter 2020, management and project execution responsibility for our two, forty-vehicle ferry projects were transferred from our former Fabrication Division to our Shipyard Division. Accordingly,

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results for these projects for 2019 period. were reclassified from our former Fabrication Division to our Shipyard Division to conform to the presentation of these projects for 2020 (the projects had no significant gross profit for 2019). See Note 7 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our realigned operating divisions.

Our corporate headquarters is located in Houston, Texas, with operating facilities located in Houma, Jennings and Lake Charles, Louisiana.


In the first quarter 2020, we announced our intent to close the Jennings Yard upon completion of our harbor tug projects, which is forecast to occur in the third quarter 2020.  See Note 7 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our anticipated closure of the Jennings Yard.

Beginning in late 2014, a severe and sustained decline in oil and gas prices led to a significant declineand sustained reduction in oilcapital spending and gas industry drilling activities and capital spending from our traditional offshore oil and gas customer base.  As a result,Consequently, our operating results and cash flows were negatively impacted as we experienced reductions in revenue, lower margins due to competitive pricing, and a significant underutilization of our operating facilities in our Fabrication and Shipyard Divisions. In addition, we incurred losses on certain projectsprojects.  During the first quarter 2020, we again experienced a significant decline in oil prices to historical lows due to a decline in demand for oil resulting from an unprecedented global health crisis due to the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) and related economic crisis compounded by a market share dispute between the world’s largest oil producers.

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic and the U.S. President declared a national emergency relating to COVID-19.  National, state and local authorities have recommended social distancing and imposed, or are considering, quarantine and isolation measures on large portions of the population, including mandatory business closures. These measures, while intended to protect human life, have had and are expected to continue to have a significant impact on domestic and foreign economies of uncertain severity and duration. The effectiveness of economic stabilization efforts, including proposed government payments to affected citizens and industries, is uncertain. Some economists are predicting the U.S. may enter a recession of unknown duration.

The decline in oil prices and COVID-19 has created significant uncertainty for our oil and gas related customer base.  Certain of our customers have requested to renegotiate pricing and suspended contracts in our Shipyardbacklog, and Fabrication Divisions. Asbidding activities for several new project opportunities have been suspended.  Given that we operate in a resultcritical infrastructure industry as defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, we have continued to operate our facilities.  However, we are being impacted by employee absenteeism and the effects on productivity and utilization from mitigation measures put in place to ensure the safety and well-being of our employees and contractors (as discussed further below) and by the effects of COVID-19 on our suppliers, subcontractors and customers.  See Item1A and Note 1 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic and developments in the global oil markets. We are addressing these operational, market changes and project losses, we implementedeconomic challenges through a strategy focused on the following initiatives to preserveto:

Mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations, employees and improvecontractors;

Improve and maintain our liquidity through cost reduction efforts and the sale of underutilized assets. Further, to reduceassets;

Improve our Fabrication Division's reliance on offshore oilresource utilization and gas constructioncentralize our key project resources through the rationalization and integration of our Shipyard Division's reliance on marine vessel work related to the oilfacilities and gas sector, we began to strategically reposition the Company to participate in the fabrication of petrochemicaloperations;

Improve our competitiveness and industrial facilities, pursue offshore wind opportunities and diversify our customer base within all our operating divisions. We have made significant progress in our efforts to reposition the Company, increase our backlog and improve and preserve our liquidity, including cost reductions (including reducing the compensation paid to our directors and executive officers) and the sale of underutilized assets. We are further focused on strengthening relationships with key customers andproject execution by enhancing our proposal, estimating and operations resources, processes and procedures; and

Reduce our reliance on the fabrication of structures and marine vessels associated with the offshore oil and gas sector by repositioning the Company to:

Fabricate modules, piping systems and other structures for onshore refining, petrochemical, LNG and industrial facilities;

Fabricate newbuild marine vessels for the government and other customers unrelated to the offshore oil and gas sector; and

Fabricate foundations, secondary steel components and support structures for offshore wind development.


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Progress on our Initiatives

Efforts to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on our operations, employees and contractors – We are taking actions to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on our operations while ensuring the safety and well-being of our employees and contractors.  

COVID-19 measures – We have initiated measures that include, among other things, daily communications with our leadership teams to anticipate and proactively address COVID-19 impacts, work-place distancing of employees (including allowing employees to work from home where appropriate) and regular monitoring of office and yard personnel for compliance.  We are also monitoring employee temperatures prior to entering our facilities, implemented employee wellness questionnaires, increased monitoring of employee absenteeism and the reasons for such absences, and initiated protocols for employees returning from absences including employees that have tested positive for COVID-19. In addition, we have installed hand sanitizing stations and taken additional actions to sanitize our facilities.

Pursuit of force majeure – We are giving appropriate notices to our customers and making the appropriate claims for extensions of schedule for our projects which have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Loan agreement – In April 2020, we entered into a loan agreement for proceeds of $10.0 million pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”).  The proceeds may be used for payroll, benefits, rent and utilities. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below and Note 8 of our Financial Statements within Item 1 for further discussion of the loan agreement.

Efforts to preserve and improve our liquidity – We continue to take actions to preserve and improve our liquidity. At March 31, 2020 our cash and short-term investments totaled $68.6 million and availability under our Credit Agreement totaled $30.2 million. Our liquidity reflects our cost reduction initiatives (including reducing the compensation of our executive officers and directors and reducing the size of our board), the sale of underutilized assets and facilities and an ongoing focus on project cash flow management. In addition to our cash and short-term investments, at March 31, 2020, our assets held for sale totaled $8.1 million.  Further, as discussed above, we entered into a loan agreement in April 2020 pursuant to the PPP under the CARES Act.  

Efforts to improve our resource utilization and centralize our key project resources – We are improving our resource utilization and centralizing our key project resources through the rationalization and integration of our facilities and operations.

Closure of Jennings Yard We previously announced our intent to close the Jennings Yard upon completion of our harbor tug projects, which is forecast to occur during the third quarter 2020.  The closure will consolidate our new build marine vessel construction activities in our Houma Yards, enabling us to maximize the utilization of our resources by reducing our overhead costs, combine our management and supervision talent in a single location, and improve our project execution.  See Note 7 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our anticipated closure of the Jennings Yard.

Combination of our Fabrication Division and Services Division and Realignment of Projects – As discussed above, in the first quarter 2020, we combined our Fabrication and Services Divisions to form an integrated new division called Fabrication & Services.  The integration will enable us to capitalize on the best practices and execution experience of the former divisions, conform processes and procedures, maximize the utilization of our resources (including reducing overhead costs) and improve project execution. In addition, as discussed above, in the first quarter 2020, management and project execution responsibility for our two, forty-vehicle ferry projects was transferred from our former Fabrication Division to our Shipyard Division to better align the supervision and construction of these vessels with the capabilities and expertise of our Shipyard Division.      

Efforts to improve our competitiveness and overall project execution.execution – We have taken, and continue to take, actions to improve our competitiveness and project execution by enhancing our proposal, estimating and operations resources, processes and procedures.  Such actions include strategic changes in management and key personnel, the addition of functional expertise and other measures designed to strengthen our personnel, processes and procedures.  Further, we are taking a more disciplined approach to pursuing and bidding project opportunities, putting more rigor around our bid estimates to provide greater confidence that our estimates are achievable, increasing accountability and providing incentives for the execution of projects in line with our original estimates and subsequent forecasts, and incorporating recent lessons learned into the bidding and execution of future projects.  

Efforts to reduce our reliance on the offshore oil and gas sector – We are pursuing several initiatives to reduce our reliance on the fabrication of structures and marine vessels associated with the offshore oil and gas sector.

Fabrication of onshore modules, piping systems and structures - We continue to focus our business development efforts on the fabrication of modules, piping systems and other structures for onshore refining, petrochemical, LNG and industrial fabrication facilities. We have experienced success with several smaller project opportunities, and our volume of bidding activity for onshore modules, piping systems and structures remains high; however, our pursuit of large project opportunities has been negatively affected by the competitive market environment and the timing and delay of certain opportunities. We continue to believe that our strategic location in Houma, Louisiana and our successful fabrication and timely delivery of four large petrochemical modules in 2018, position us well to compete in the onshore fabrication market;

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however, we do not expect large project opportunities to be awarded by customers until late 2020 or 2021. This timing may be impacted by uncertainty created by the recent decrease and volatility of oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic. In the interim, we continue to strengthen our relationships with key customers and strategic partners and enhance our resources as discussed above.  


Ongoing Effort to Divest of Underutilized Assets

Fabrication Assets Heldof newbuild marine vessels for Salethe government and other non-oil and gas related customers - We continue to pursue newbuild marine vessel opportunities for customers unrelated to the offshore oil and gas sector.  During the first quarter 2020, the U.S. Navy exercised its options for the construction of two additional towing, salvage and rescue ships, and continues to have options for three additional vessels. At September 30, 2019, our Fabrication Division had $17.9 millionMarch 31, 2020, 95% of assets held for sale ("Fabrication AHFS") which were initially expected to be sold with the South Texas Properties. These assets consist primarily of three 660-ton crawler cranes, a deck barge, two plate bending roll machines and panel line equipment. The Fabrication AHFS were relocated to our fabrication yard in Houma, Louisiana. See Note 3 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of our assets held for sale, including recent sales of underutilized assets.


Shipyard Assets Held for Sale - At September 30, 2019,backlog within our Shipyard Division had $0.6 million of assets held for sale, which consists of a 2,500-ton drydock. We sold the drydock in October 2019 for net proceeds of $0.6 million.

Ongoing Effortswas attributable to Increase Our Backlog, Diversify Our Customer Basegovernment and Resolve Customer Dispute

Pursuit of petrochemical and industrial fabrication work - We continue to focus our business development efforts on petrochemical and industrial fabrication opportunities in responseother customers unrelated to the depressed offshore fabrication market. Although our pursuitoil and gas sector, including the construction of certain large project opportunities has been negatively affected by the timingthree research vessels, five towing, salvage and delay of such opportunitiesrescue ships and the competitive market environment, we have experienced success with several smaller project opportunities, and our volume of bidding activity for onshore modules and structures continues to be at its highest level since we commenced our initiative. In addition, during 2018 we completed the fabrication and timely delivery of four large modules for a new petrochemical facility in the U.S., providing increased confidence to our customers that we can successfully compete and execute in the onshore fabrication market.three vehicle ferries.  


PursuitFabrication of offshore wind foundations, secondary steel components and support structures - - We continue to believe that future requirements to provide electricity from renewable and green sources will result in growth of offshore wind projects.  Further,Furthermore, we believe that we possess the expertise to fabricate foundations, secondary steel components and relationships to successfully participate in support structures for this growingemerging market. During 2015, we fabricatedThis is demonstrated by our fabrication of wind turbine foundations for the first offshore wind power project in the U.S., in 2015, and during 2018, we fabricatedthe fabrication of a meteorological tower and platform for an offshore wind project located offin 2018. While we believe we have the U.S.


coast of Maryland. These projects demonstrate our abilitycapability to provide structures forparticipate in this emerging industry. Wemarket, we do not expect meaningful opportunities until 2021 or 2022.

Operating Outlook

Our focus remains on securing profitable new project awards and backlog in the near-term and generating operating income and cash flows in the longer-term, while ensuring the safety and well-being of our employees and contractors in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our success, including achieving the aforementioned initiatives, will be determined by, among other things:

Oil and gas prices and the level of volatility in such prices;

The COVID-19 pandemic, for which the business and financial impacts cannot be reasonably estimated at this time;

The level of fabrication opportunities in our traditional offshore markets and the new markets we are also strengthening our project management capabilities to support potentialpursuing, including refining, petrochemical, LNG and industrial facilities and offshore wind projects and, during the first quarter 2019, executed a cooperation agreement with Smulders to jointly pursue U.S. offshore wind opportunities. Smulders, a Belgian company, is a major fabrication supplier of offshore wind structures in Europe. Although we believe such a relationship will help to strategically position us in our pursuit of offshore wind projects, we can provide no assurances that we will successfully obtain future project awards as a result of this arrangement.developments;


Diversification and Growth of our Customer Base - We are continuing to diversify our customer base within our operating divisions.
Shipyard Division - Within our Shipyard Division we have increased our backlog with customers

The level of new build marine vessel activity within, and outside of, the oil and gas sector. At September 30, 2019, projects in our backlog include:sector;

The construction of three towing, salvage and rescue ships (individual project values of approximately $64.0 million), with customer options for five additional vessels;
The construction of three regional class research vessels (individual project values of approximately $69.0 to $77.0 million);
The construction of a seventy-vehicle ferry; and
The construction of five harbor tug vessels.
Fabrication Division - Within our Fabrication Division we have increased our backlog with traditional and non-traditional fabrication work as we continue to pursue petrochemical and industrial fabrication opportunities for modules and structures. At September 30, 2019, projects in our backlog include:
The fabrication of an offshore jacket and deck (destined for Trinidad);
The expansion and delivery of a 245-guest paddle wheel riverboat. The riverboat will be reconfigured using the existing hull of a former gaming vessel; and
The construction of two, forty-vehicle ferries.
These projects represent large steel structures that are well suited for our fabrication yard in Houma, Louisiana.
Services Division - Within our Services Division our activity has been impacted by the timing of new project awards and fluctuations in the demand for our products and services. Further, in recent periods we have experienced an increasing amount of lower margin maintenance work and material sales compared to services associated with offshore tie-backs and fabricated products, which have historically provided higher margin opportunities. We anticipate this recent mix of work will continue for the remainder of 2019. Although visibility beyond 2019 is uncertain, and fluctuations in the timing and mix of work are normal, we believe that the overall market demand for the products and services offered by this Division is strong. We are continuing to pursue opportunities for offshore and onshore plant expansion and maintenance work, and we are receiving indications from our customers that the need for offshore tie-backs and fabricated products is increasing.

MPSV Contracts Dispute - During the first quarter 2018, we received notices of termination of the contracts for the construction of two MPSVs from one of our Shipyard Division customers.  We dispute the purported terminations and disagree with the customer’s reasons for such terminations. Pending the resolution of the dispute, we have ceased all work, and the partially completed vessels and associated equipment and materials remain at our shipyard in Houma, Louisiana. The customer also made claims under the bonds issued by the Surety in connection with the construction of the vessels.  We have discussed with the Surety our disagreement with the customer’s purported terminations and its claims and continue to confer with the Surety regarding the dispute with the customer.

On October 2, 2018, we filed a lawsuit against the customer to enforce our rights and remedies under the applicable construction contracts. Our lawsuit disputes the propriety of the customer’s purported terminations of the construction contracts and seeks to recover damages associated with the customer’s actions. The customer filed its response to our lawsuit denying many of the allegations in the lawsuit and asserting a counterclaim against us seeking, among other things, declaratory judgment as to the validity of the customer's purported terminations of the construction contracts and other purported claims for which the customer is seeking damages in an unspecified amount. We filed a response to the counterclaim denying all of the customer's claims. The customer subsequently filed a motion with the court seeking, among other things, to obtain possession of the vessels. A hearing on that motion was held on May 28, 2019, and the customer's request to obtain possession of the vessels was denied by the court. The customer recently filed an amendment to its counterclaim to add claims by the customer against the Surety.  The customer also recently filed a second motion for summary judgment re-urging its previously denied request to obtain possession of the

vessels.  A hearing on the second motion is currently scheduled for November 5, 2019.  Discovery in connection with the lawsuit is underway.

We are unable to determine the probability of a favorable or unfavorable outcome with respect to the dispute or estimate the amount of potential loss, if any, related to this matter. We can provide no assurances that we will not incur additional costs as we pursue our rights and remedies under the contracts and defend against the customer’s claims. At September 30, 2019, other noncurrent assets on our Balance Sheet included a net contract asset of $12.5 million related to these projects. See "Legal Proceedings" in Part II, Item 1 of this Report and Note 5 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of our dispute.
Review of Alternative Strategies

On November 4, 2019, we announced the completion of our previously announced review of alternative strategies that began in early May 2019.

Operating Outlook

Our results of operations will be affected prospectively by the overall demand and market for our services. Further, our success in strategically repositioning the Company to participate in the fabrication of petrochemical and industrial facilities, pursue offshore wind opportunities and diversify our customer base within all of our operating divisions, will be determined by, among other things:

The level of construction and fabrication projects in the new markets we are pursuing for our Fabrication Division, including petrochemical and industrial facilities and offshore wind developments, and our ability to secure new project awards;
Continued growth within our Shipyard and Services Divisions;

Our ability to secure new project awards through competitive bidding and/or alliance and partnering arrangements;

Our ability to execute projects within our cost estimates and successfully manage them through completion;

Our ability to hire, motivate and retain key personnel and craft labor to execute our projects;  

The successful integration of our Fabrication Division and Services Division and closure of our Jennings Yard; and

Our ability to resolve our dispute with oura customer related to the construction of two MPSVs.


We continue to respond toMPSVs (see Note 5 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 and “Legal Proceedings” in Item 3 for further discussion of the competitive environment within our industry and actively compete for additional opportunities. Our focus remains on maintaining our liquidity and securing meaningful new project awards and backlogdispute).  

In addition, in the near-term and generating operating income and cash flows from operations innear-term: (i) the longer-term. Although we experienced a decline in backlog for our Fabrication and Shipyard Divisions during the third quarter 2019, we believe we will be successful securing new project awards and growing our backlog in the future. Further, we are experiencing significantly improved utilization of our Shipyard facilities as we ramp upDivision will be impacted by temporary delays in construction activities for our largethree research vessel projects in backlog; however, we anticipate thatuntil engineering achieves further completion and disruptions caused by the closure of our Jennings Yard, (ii) the utilization of our newly integrated Fabrication & Services Division will be negatively impacted in the near-term by the underutilization of its facilities due to the delay in timing of new project awards. Bothawards and suspension of work on certain projects in backlog and (iii) the utilization of both divisions will be impacted by inefficiencies associated with COVID-19 related employee absenteeism and mitigation measures. Our near-term results may also be impacted by lower margin backlog relatedcosts associated with investments in key personnel and process improvement efforts to previous project awards bid at competitive pricing.support our aforementioned initiatives. In addition, our gross profit for both divisions will be impacted in the near-term as certain projects within our backlog are in a loss position and a majority of our remaining backlog is at, or near, break-even gross profit.  Specifically, due to previous project awards bid at competitive pricing (including the projectsoption exercises by our customer in the first quarter 2020 for two additional towing, salvage and rescue ships) and project charges in 2019, approximately 5% of our backlog is in a loss position (excluding our MPSV projects), 75% of our backlog is at, or near, break-even, and our remaining backlog is at a low gross profit margin.   Accordingly, this backlog will result in future revenue with low or no gross profit.


Safety

We are committedprofit; however, we continue to the safetyfocus on improvements to our people, processes and healthprocedures to improve project gross profit.  See Item1A and Note 1 of our employeesFinancial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic and subcontractors. We believe that a strong safety culture is a critical element of our success. We continue to improve and maintain a stringent safety assurance program designed to ensure the safety of our employees and allow us to remain in compliance with all applicable federal and state mandated safety regulations. We are committed to maintaining a well-trained workforce and providing timely instruction to ensure our employees have the knowledge and skills to perform their work safely while maintaining the highest standards of quality. We provide continuous safety education and training to employees and subcontractors to ensure they are ready for the challenges inherent in all our projects. Our employees commence training on their first day of employment with a comprehensive orientation class that addresses Company policies and procedures and provides clear expectations for working safely. We have a zero-tolerance policy for drugs and alcohol usedevelopments in the workplace. We support this policy through the use of a comprehensive drug and alcohol screening program that includes initial screenings for all employees and periodic random screenings throughout employment. Additionally, we require our subcontractors to follow alcohol and drug screening policies substantially the same as ours.

global oil markets.


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Critical Accounting Policies

For a discussion of critical accounting policies and estimates used in the preparation of our Financial Statements, refer to “Management’s“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Item 7 included in our 20182019 Annual Report. There have been no changes to our critical accounting policies since December 31, 2018.


2019.

New Project Awards and Backlog

New project awards represent expected revenue values of commitments received during a given period, including scope growth on existing commitments. A commitment represents authorization from our customer to begin work or purchase materials pursuant to a written agreement, letter of intent or other form of authorization. Backlog represents the unearned value ofunrecognized revenue for our new project awards and may differ from the value of remainingfuture performance obligations for our contracts required to be disclosed under Topic 606 and presented in Note 2 of our Financial Statements.Statements in Item 1. In general, a performance obligation is a contractual obligation to construct and/or transfer a distinct good or service to a customer. The transaction price of a contract is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. Backlog includes our performance obligations at September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, plus signed contracts that are temporarily suspended or under protest that may not meet the criteria to be reported as future performance obligations under Topic 606 but represent future work that we believe will be performed. We believe that backlog, a non-GAAP financial measure, provides useful information to investors. New project awards and backlog may vary significantly each reporting period based on the timing of our major new contract commitments.


Projects in our backlog are generally subject to delay, suspension, termination, or an increase or reductiondecrease in scope at the option of the customer, althoughcustomer; however, the customer is required to pay us for work performed and materials purchased through the date of termination, suspension, or reductiondecrease in scope. Depending on the size of the project, the delay, suspension, termination or increase or reduction in scope of any one contract could significantly impact our backlog and change the expected amount and timing of revenue recognized.

New project awards by Division for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

Division

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Shipyard

 

$

128,919

 

 

$

2,795

 

Fabrication & Services

 

 

12,647

 

 

 

43,029

 

 Total  New Awards

 

$

141,566

 

 

$

45,824

 


A reconciliation of our remaining performance obligations under Topic 606 (the most comparable GAAP measure as presented in Note 2 of our Financial Statements)Statements in Item 1) to our reported backlog at September 30, 2019, is provided below (in thousands).

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

 

Shipyard

 

 

F&S

 

 

Consolidated

 

Remaining performance obligations under Topic 606

 

$

449,258

 

 

$

29,191

 

 

$

478,449

 

Contracts under purported termination(1)

 

 

21,888

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,888

 

Total Backlog(2)

 

$

471,146

 

 

$

29,191

 

 

$

500,337

 

 September 30, 2019
 Fabrication Shipyard Services Consolidated
Remaining performance obligations under Topic 606$39,894
 $384,852
 $15,189
 $439,935
Contracts under purported termination (1)

 21,888
 
 21,888
Total Backlog (2)
$39,894

$406,740
 $15,189
 $461,823
        


Backlog by Division at September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2018,2019, is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019(3)

 

Division

 

Amount

 

 

Labor Hours

 

 

Amount

 

 

Labor Hours

 

Shipyard

 

$

471,146

 

 

 

3,182

 

 

$

387,340

 

 

 

2,645

 

Fabrication & Services

 

 

29,191

 

 

 

317

 

 

 

49,986

 

 

 

492

 

Total Backlog(2)

 

$

500,337

 

 

 

3,499

 

 

$

437,326

 

 

 

3,137

 


September 30, 2019
December 31, 2018
DivisionAmount Labor hours Amount Labor hours
Fabrication$39,894
 253
 $63,883
 369
Shipyard406,740
 2,364
 281,531
 1,684
Services15,189
 283
 11,046
 171
Total Backlog (2)
$461,823
 2,900
 $356,460
 2,224



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Backlog at September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 is expected to be recognized as revenue in the following periods (in thousands, except for percentages)thousands):

Year(4)

 

Total

 

Remainder of 2020

 

$

144,680

 

2021

 

 

183,269

 

2022

 

 

127,841

 

Thereafter

 

 

22,659

 

Future performance obligations under Topic 606

 

 

478,449

 

Contracts under purported termination(1)

 

 

21,888

 

Backlog(2)

 

$

500,337

 

Year (3)
 Total
Remainder of 2019 $79,028
2020 230,699
2021 122,068
Thereafter 8,140
Future performance obligations under Topic 606 439,935
Contracts under purported termination (1)
 21,888
Backlog (2)
 $461,823
___________

(1)

Represents backlog within our Shipyard Division related to contracts for the construction of two MPSVs that are subject to a purported noticenotices of termination by our customer. We dispute the purported terminationterminations and disagree with the customer’s reasons for the same. We can provide no assurances that we will reach a favorable resolution with the customer for completion of the two MPSVs. See Note 5 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 and “Legal Proceedings” in Item 3 for further discussion of the dispute.

(2)

At September 30,March 31, 2019, nineten customers represented approximately 95%98% of our backlog and at December 31, 2018, seven2019, eleven customers represented approximately 90%96% of our backlog. At September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, backlog from the nineten customers consisted of:

(i)

Construction of twoone harbor tugstug within our Shipyard Division. The thirdfourth of five vessels was completed in the thirdfirst quarter 2019.2020. We estimate completion of the remaining vesselsvessel in 2020;

(ii)

Construction of threetwo harbor tugs within our Shipyard Division (separate from above). The secondfourth of five vessels was completed in the second quarter 2019.April 2020. We estimate completion of the remaining vesselsvessel in 2019 and 2020;

(iii)

Construction of three regional class research vessels within our Shipyard Division. We estimate completion of the vessels in 20212022 and 2022;2023;

(iv)

Construction of threefive towing, salvage and rescue ships within our Shipyard Division. We estimate completion of the vessels in 2021, 2022 and 2022.2023. Our customer has options for the construction of fivethree additional vessels;

(v)

Expansion of a 245-guest paddle wheel riverboat within our Fabrication Division. We estimate completion of the vessel in 2020;
(vi)

Construction of two, forty-vehicle ferries within our FabricationShipyard Division. We estimate completion of the vessels in 2020;2020 and 2021;

(vii)

(vi)

Fabrication of an offshore jacket and deck (destined for Trinidad) within our Fabrication & Services Division. We estimate completion of the project in 2020;

(viii)

(vii)

Construction of a seventy-vehicle ferry within our Shipyard Division. We estimate completion of the vessel in 2020; and2021;

(viii)

Fabrication of modules for an offshore facility within our Fabrication & Services Division. We estimate completion of the project in 2021;

(ix)

(ix)

Material supply for an offshore jacket and deck within our Fabrication & Services Division.  In April 2020, our customer suspended the project until further notice; and

(x)

Construction of two MPSV'sMPSV’s within our Shipyard Division. See footnote 1(1) above for further discussion.

(3)

In the first quarter 2020, our Fabrication and Services Divisions were operationally combined to form a new division called Fabrication & Services. Accordingly, backlog as of December 31, 2019 for our former Fabrication and Services Divisions has been combined to conform to the presentation of our reportable segments for 2020. In addition, in the first quarter 2020, management and project execution responsibility for our two, forty-vehicle ferry projects was transferred from our former Fabrication Division to our Shipyard Division.  Accordingly, $13.4 million of backlog and 0.1 million labor hours associated with these projects as of December 31, 2019 was reclassified from our former Fabrication Division to our Shipyard Division to conform to the presentation of these projects for 2020.  See Note 7 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our realigned operating divisions.

(3)

(4)

The timing of recognition of the revenue presented in our backlog is based on our current estimates to complete the projects. Certain factors and circumstances could cause changes in the amounts ultimately recognized and the timing of recognition of revenue from our backlog.

Our contracts for the construction of threefive towing, salvage and rescue ships contain options which grant our customer (the U.S. Navy) the right, if exercised, for the construction of three additional vessels at contracted prices. We do not include options in our backlog. If all options under our current contracts were exercised by oursuch customer, our backlog would increase by approximately $333.0$203.0 million. We have not received any commitments from oursuch customer related to the exercise of these options, and we can provide no assurances that any options will be exercised. We believe disclosing these options provides investors with useful information to evaluate additional potential work that we would be contractually obligated to perform under our current contracts as well as the potential significance of these options, if exercised.

As our backlog increases, we will add personnel with critical project management and fabrication skills to ensure we have the resources necessary to properly execute our projects and support our project risk mitigation discipline for all projects. This may negatively impact near-term results.



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Results of Operations

Comparison of Three Months Ended September 30,March 31, 2020 and 2019 and 2018 (in thousands in each table, except for percentages):

In the comparative tables below, percentage changes that are not considered meaningful (generally when the prior period amount is immaterial or when the percentage change is significantly greater than 100%) are shown below as "nm" (not meaningful).

Consolidated

 

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Change

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Amount

 

 

Percent

 

New project awards

 

$

141,566

 

 

$

45,824

 

 

$

95,742

 

 

nm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

78,555

 

 

$

67,605

 

 

$

10,950

 

 

 

16.2

%

Cost of revenue

 

 

78,809

 

 

 

67,052

 

 

 

(11,757

)

 

 

(17.5

)%

Gross profit (loss)

 

 

(254

)

 

 

553

 

 

 

(807

)

 

 

(145.9

)%

Gross profit (loss) percentage

 

 

-0.3

%

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative expense

 

 

3,744

 

 

 

3,834

 

 

 

90

 

 

 

2.3

%

Impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(100.0

)%

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

(9,934

)

 

 

71

 

 

 

10,005

 

 

nm

 

Operating income (loss)

 

 

5,936

 

 

 

(3,282

)

 

 

9,218

 

 

nm

 

Interest (expense) income, net

 

 

53

 

 

 

262

 

 

 

(209

)

 

 

(79.8

)%

Net income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

5,989

 

 

 

(3,020

)

 

 

9,009

 

 

nm

 

Income tax (expense) benefit

 

 

(84

)

 

 

(22

)

 

 

(62

)

 

nm

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

5,905

 

 

$

(3,042

)

 

$

8,947

 

 

 

 

 

New Project Awards – New project awards for 2020 and 2019 were $141.6 million and $45.8 million, respectively.  Significant new project awards for 2020 relate to the exercise of options by the U.S. Navy for the construction of two additional towing, salvage and rescue ships within our Shipyard Division.  Significant new project awards for 2019 relate to our offshore jacket and deck and subsea components projects within our Fabrication & Services Division.  


Consolidated
 Three Months Ended 
 September 30,
 Favorable (Unfavorable) Change
 2019 2018 Amount Percent
Revenue$75,802
 $49,712
 $26,090
 52.5%
Cost of revenue78,487
 52,924
 (25,563) (48.3)%
Gross loss(2,685) (3,212) 527
 16.4%
Gross loss percentage(3.5)% (6.5)%    
General and administrative expense3,970
 4,902
 932
 19.0%
Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net324
 146
 (178) (121.9)%
Other (income) expense, net(51) 2,484
 2,535
 nm
Operating loss(6,928) (10,744) 3,816
 35.5%
Interest (expense) income, net139
 72
 67
 93.1%
Net loss before income taxes(6,789) (10,672) 3,883
 36.4%
Income tax (expense) benefit10
 (277) 287
 nm
Net loss$(6,779) $(10,949) $4,170
 38.1%

Revenue - Revenue for 2020 and 2019 and 2018 was $75.8$78.6 million and $49.7$67.6 million, respectively, representing an increase of 52.5%16.2%. The increase was primarily due to:


Increased revenue for our Shipyard Division of $14.9$8.1 million, primarily due to progress on our regional class research vessel projects and towing, salvage and rescue ship projects associated with increased construction activities and procurement progress on engineered equipment manufactured by vendors, offset partially by lower revenue for our harbor tug projects as we had fewer vessels under construction; and ice-breaker tug project; and

Increased revenue for our Fabrication & Services Division of $16.1$2.9 million, primarily due to progress on our paddle wheel riverboat project, vehicle ferry projects and offshore jacket and deck project, which were not under construction in the prior period; offset partially by lower offshore services activity.  

Decreased revenue

Gross profit (loss) - Gross profit (loss) for our Services Division2020 and 2019 was a gross loss of $5.1$0.3 million primarily due to the timing(0.3% of new project awardsrevenue) and materials representing a lower percentagegross profit of revenue.


Gross loss -$0.6 million (0.8% of revenue), respectively. Gross loss for 2019 and 2018 was $2.7 million (3.5% of revenue) and $3.2 million (6.5% of revenue), respectively. The gross loss for 20192020 was primarily due to:


Under

A low margin backlog and the under recovery of overhead costs, (primarilyprimarily associated with the underutilization of our facilities within our Fabrication & Services Division, and to a lesser extent within our Shipyard Division), including a $0.4Division; and

Project charges of $1.2 million impact due to Hurricane Barry associated with the costs of hurricane preparation and its impact on the utilization of our facilities and personnel;

Charge of $1.9 million related to forecast cost increases and liquidated damages on our harbor tug projects infor our Shipyard Division, (seeoffset partially by project improvements of $0.9 million for our Fabrication & Services Division. See “Segments” below and Note 2 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of the changes in estimates on these projects);our project impacts.

Charge of $1.5 million related

The gross loss for 2020 relative to forecast cost increases and liquidated damages on a subsea components fabrication project ingross profit for 2019 was primarily due to:

A lower margin mix for our Fabrication & Services Division (see Note 2 of our Financial Statements for further discussioninclusive of the changes in estimates on this project);aforementioned project improvements; and

Charge of $0.5 million related to forecast cost increases on our ice-breaker tug

A lower margin mix and the aforementioned project incharges for our Shipyard Division, (see Note 2 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of the changes in estimates on this project).offset partially by,



The decrease in gross loss for 2019 relative to the prior period was primarily due to:

Higher revenue and increased recoveries of overhead costs due to higher activity; and

A higher margin project mixactivity, primarily for our Shipyard Division (excluding the aforementioned project charges); offset partially by,Division.

The aforementioned project charges of $3.9 million for 2019; and
A lower margin project mix for our Services Division (excluding the aforementioned project charge).

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General and administrative expense - General and administrative expense for 2020 and 2019 and 2018 was $4.0$3.7 million (5.2%(4.8% of revenue) and $4.9$3.8 million (9.9%(5.7% of revenue), respectively, representing a decrease of 19.0%2.3%. The decrease was primarily due to:


Lower incentive plan costs board of director compensationand other costs savings, primarily within our Corporate and Fabrication & Services Divisions; offset partially by,

Higher legal and advisory fees related to customer disputes; offset partially by,disputes.

Higher professional fees and other costs associated with the evaluation of strategic alternatives and initiatives to diversify and enhance our business.

The customer disputes relate primarily to the pursuit of claims against a customer for disputed change orderscontract dispute for a completed project that was settled during the first quarter 2020, and our MPSV projects which are subject to a purported termination and for which construction has been suspended.  Legal and advisory fees related to such disputes totaled $0.3$0.6 million and $0.6$0.1 million for 2020 and 2019, respectively, and 2018, respectively.


Asset impairmentsare reflected within our Corporate Segment. See Note 1 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our settlement of the contract dispute and Note 5 for further discussion of our MPSV dispute.  

Impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale net - – Asset impairmentsImpairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale net for 2019 and 2018 was a loss of $0.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively. The loss for 2019 was primarily due to the impairmenta gain of a drydock held for sale in our Shipyard Division as we sold the drydock for net proceeds of $0.6 million in October 2019, which was $0.3 million less than its carrying value.$0.1 million. See Note 3 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our assets held for sale.


Other (income) expense, net - Other (income) expense, net for 20192020 and 20182019 was income of $0.1$9.9 million and expense of $2.5$0.1 million, respectively. Other (income) expense, net generally represents (recoveries)recoveries or provisions for bad debts, (gains)gains or losses associated with the sale or disposition of property and equipment other than assets held for sale, and (income)income or expense associated with certain nonrecurring items. The expenseincome for 20182020 was primarily due to bad debt expensea gain of $2.8approximately $10.0 million related toassociated with the settlement of a contracts receivable reserve recorded during the quarter withincontract dispute for a project completed in 2015.  See Note 1 of our Fabrication Division as we received indications that collectibilityFinancial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our settlement of the receivable was no longer probable, offset partially by net gains on the sales of equipment. The reserved receivable was ultimately collected in the fourth quarter 2018.contract dispute.


Interest (expense) income, net - Interest (expense) income, net for 20192020 and 2018,2019, was income of $0.1 million and $0.1$0.3 million, respectively. The net interest income for 2019both periods was primarily due to interest earned on our cash and short-term investment balances, offset partially by interest on the unused portion of our Credit Agreement and interest amortization associated with our long-term lease liability. The netdecrease in interest income for 20182020 was primarily due to a decrease in interest earned on our cash and short-term investment balances.rates.


Income tax (expense) benefit - Income tax (expense) benefit for 2020 and 2019, and 2018 was a benefit of $10,000 and expense of $0.3$0.1 million and $22,000, respectively. IncomeOur income tax (expense) benefitexpense for both periods represents state income taxes. No federal income tax expense was recorded for our 2020 net income as it was fully offset by the reversal of valuation allowance on our net deferred tax assets. No federal income tax benefit was recorded for losses duringour 2019 or 2018net loss as a full valuation allowance was recorded against our net deferred tax assets generated during the periods.period.



Operating

Segments


Fabrication

Shipyard Division(1)

 

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Change

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Amount

 

 

Percent

 

New project awards

 

$

128,919

 

 

$

2,795

 

 

$

126,124

 

 

nm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

45,559

 

 

$

37,411

 

 

$

8,148

 

 

 

21.8

%

Gross loss

 

 

(1,224

)

 

 

(280

)

 

 

(944

)

 

 

(337.1

)%

Gross loss percentage

 

 

-2.7

%

 

 

-0.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative expense

 

 

575

 

 

 

624

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

7.9

%

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

(100

)

 

nm

 

Operating loss

 

 

(1,899

)

 

 

(904

)

 

 

(995

)

 

 

(110.1

)%

 Three Months Ended 
 September 30,
 Favorable (Unfavorable) Change
 2019 2018 Amount Percent
Revenue$19,474
 $3,382
 $16,092
 475.8%
Gross loss(428) (4,237) 3,809
 89.9%
Gross loss percentage(2.2)% (125.3)%   
General and administrative expense440
 1,409
 969
 68.8%
Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net
 146
 146
 100.0%
Other (income) expense, net(20) 2,485
 2,505
 100.8%
Operating loss(848) (8,277) 7,429
 89.8%
___________

(1)

During

In the first quarter 2019,2020, management and project execution responsibility for our two, forty-vehicle ferry projects was transferred from our former EPCFabrication Division was operationally combined withto our FabricationShipyard Division.  Accordingly, resultsrevenue of $0.8 million associated with these projects for 2019 was reclassified from our former EPCFabrication Division for the 2018 period have been combined with the Fabricationto our Shipyard Division to conform to the presentation of our reportable segmentsthese projects for the 2019 period.2020 (the projects had no significant gross profit for 2019).  See Note 7 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our realigned operating divisions and related financial information.divisions.


New Project Awards – New project awards for 2020 and 2019 were $128.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively.  Significant new project awards for 2020 primarily relate to the exercise of options by the U.S. Navy for the construction of two additional towing, salvage and rescue ships.    

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Revenue - Revenue for 2020 and 2019 and 2018 was $19.5$45.6 million and $3.4$37.4 million, respectively, representing an increase of 475.8%21.8%. The increase was primarily due toto:

Our towing, salvage and rescue ship projects associated with increased construction activities and procurement progress on engineered equipment manufactured by vendors, offset partially by,

Lower revenue for our paddle wheel riverboat project, vehicle ferryharbor tug projects and jacket and deck project, which were notas we had fewer vessels under construction in the prior period.construction.


Gross loss - Gross loss for 2020 and 2019 and 2018 was $0.4$1.2 million (2.2%(2.7% of revenue) and $4.2$0.3 million (125.3%(0.7% of revenue), respectively. The gross loss for 20192020 was primarily due toto:

A low margin backlog and the under recovery of overhead costs. The decrease in gross loss for 2019 relative to the prior period wascosts primarily due to higher revenue and increased recoveries of overhead costs due to higher activity.


General and administrative expense - General and administrative expenseconstruction delays for 2019 and 2018 was $0.4 million (2.3% of revenue) and $1.4 million (41.7% of revenue), respectively, representing a decrease of 68.8%. The decrease was primarily due to lower costs associated with our former EPC Division and lower legal and advisory fees related to a customer dispute as the costs are reflected within the Corporate Division in 2019.

Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net - Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net for 2018 was a loss of $0.1 million.

Other (income) expense, net - Other (income) expense, net for 2019 and 2018 was income of $20,000 and expense of $2.5 million, respectively. The expense for 2018 was primarily due to bad debt expense of $2.8 million related to a contracts receivable reserve recorded during the quarter as we received indications that collectibility of the receivable was no longer probable, offset partially by net gains on the sales of equipment. The reserved receivable was ultimately collected in the fourth quarter 2018.


Shipyard
 Three Months Ended 
 September 30,
 Favorable (Unfavorable) Change
 2019 2018 Amount Percent
Revenue$39,436
 $24,492
 $14,944
 61.0%
Gross loss(2,402) (1,764) (638) (36.2)%
Gross loss percentage(6.1)% (7.2)%   
General and administrative expense657
 696
 39
 5.6%
Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net324
 
 (324) nm
Other (income) expense, net(34) (6) 28
 nm
Operating loss(3,349) (2,454) (895) (36.5)%

Revenue - Revenue for 2019 and 2018 was $39.4 million and $24.5 million, respectively, representing an increase of 61.0%. The increase was primarily due to:

Progress on our regional classthree research vessel projects associated with the previously disclosed temporary suspension of construction activities on the projects until engineering achieves further completion; and towing, salvage and rescue ship projects; offset partially by,

Lower revenue for our harbor tug projects and ice-breaker tug project.

Gross loss - Gross loss for 2019 and 2018 was $2.4 million (6.1%

Project charges of revenue) and $1.8 million (7.2% of revenue), respectively. The gross loss for 2019 was primarily due to:


Charge of $1.9$1.2 million related to forecast cost increases and forecast liquidated damages on our harbor tug projects (seetwo forty-vehicle ferry projects. The impacts were primarily associated with the first vessel and construction activities performed by our former Fabrication Division prior to transferring management and project execution responsibility of the vessels to our Shipyard Division in the first quarter 2020.  See Note 2 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of the changes in estimates on these projects);
Charge of $0.5 million related to forecast cost increases on our ice-breaker tug project (see Note 2 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of the changes in estimates on this project); andimpacts.

Under recovery of overhead costs.

The increase in gross loss for 20192020 relative to the prior period2019 was primarily due to:


The aforementioned project charges of $2.4 million for 2019;$1.2 million; and

A lower margin mix, offset partially by,

Higher revenue and increased recoveries of overhead costs due to higher activity; andactivity.

A higher margin project mix (excluding the aforementioned project charges).

General and administrative expense - General and administrative expense for 2020 and 2019 and 2018 was $0.7$0.6 million (1.7%(1.9% of revenue) and $0.7$0.6 million (2.8%(2.0% of revenue), respectively, representing a decrease of 5.6%7.9%.

Other (income) expense, net – Other (income) expense, net for 2020 was expense of $0.1 million.

Fabrication & Services Division(1)

 

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Change

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Amount

 

 

Percent

 

New project awards

 

$

12,647

 

 

$

43,029

 

 

$

(30,382

)

 

nm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

$

33,443

 

 

$

30,593

 

 

$

2,850

 

 

 

9.3

%

Gross profit

 

 

970

 

 

 

969

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

0.1

%

Gross profit percentage

 

 

2.9

%

 

 

3.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative expense

 

 

839

 

 

 

1,219

 

 

 

380

 

 

 

31.2

%

Impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(100.0

)%

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

(10,034

)

 

 

71

 

 

 

10,105

 

 

nm

 

Operating income (loss)

 

 

10,165

 

 

 

(251

)

 

 

10,416

 

 

nm

 

(1)

In the first quarter 2020, our Fabrication and Services Divisions were operationally combined to form a new division called Fabrication & Services. Accordingly, segment results (including the effects of eliminations) for our Fabrication and Services Divisions for 2019 have been combined to conform to the presentation of our reportable segments for 2020.  In addition, in the first quarter 2020, management and project execution responsibility for our two, forty-vehicle ferry projects was transferred from our former Fabrication Division to our Shipyard Division.  Accordingly, revenue of $0.8 million associated with these projects for 2019 was reclassified from our former Fabrication Division to our Shipyard Division to conform to the presentation of these projects for 2020 (the projects had no significant gross profit for 2019).  See Note 7 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our realigned operating divisions.

New Project Awards – New project awards for 2020 and 2019 were $12.6 million and $43.0 million, respectively.  Significant new project awards for 2019 relate to our offshore jacket and deck and subsea components projects.  

Revenue Revenue for 2020 and 2019 was $33.4 million and $30.6 million, respectively, representing an increase of 9.3%. The increase was primarily due to progress on our offshore jacket and deck project, offset partially by lower offshore services activity.

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Gross profit Gross profit for 2020 and 2019 was $1.0 million (2.9% of revenue) and $1.0 million (3.2% of revenue), respectively. The gross profit for 2020 was primarily due to:

Project improvements of $0.9 million related to cost decreases and increased contract price for our paddlewheel riverboat and subsea components projects which were completed in the first quarter 2020. See Note 2 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our project impacts; offset partially by,

A low margin backlog and the under recovery of overhead cost primarily due to low backlog levels.

The comparable gross profit for 2020 relative to 2019 was primarily due to:

The aforementioned project improvements of $0.9 million, offset partially by,

A lower margin mix.

General and administrative expense - General and administrative expense for 2020 and 2019 was $0.8 million (2.5% of revenue) and $1.2 million (4.0% of revenue), respectively, representing a decrease of 31.2%. The decrease was primarily due to lower legalcost reductions associated with combining our former Fabrication and advisory fees related to a customer dispute as the costs are reflected within the Corporate Division in 2019.Services Divisions.


Asset impairments

Impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale net - Asset impairmentsImpairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale net for 2019 was a gain of $0.1 million. See Note 3 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our assets held for sale.

Other (income) expense, net - Other (income) expense, net for 2020 and 2019 was income of $10.0 million and expense of $0.1 million, respectively. The income for 2020 was primarily due to a gain of approximately $10.0 million associated with the settlement of a contract dispute for a project completed in 2015. See Note 1 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our settlement of the contract dispute.

Corporate Division

 

 

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

Favorable (Unfavorable)

Change

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Amount

 

 

Percent

 

Revenue (eliminations)

 

$

(447

)

 

$

(399

)

 

$

(48

)

 

 

(12.0

)%

Gross loss

 

 

 

 

 

(136

)

 

 

136

 

 

 

100.0

%

Gross loss percentage

 

n/a

 

 

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative expense

 

 

2,330

 

 

 

1,991

 

 

 

(339

)

 

 

(17.0

)%

Operating loss

 

 

(2,330

)

 

 

(2,127

)

 

 

(203

)

 

 

(9.5

)%

Gross loss of $0.3 million. TheGross loss for 2019 was primarily due to the impairment of a drydock held for sale as we sold the drydock for net proceeds of $0.6 million in October 2019, which was $0.3 million less than its carrying value.



Services
 Three Months Ended 
 September 30,
 Favorable (Unfavorable) Change
 2019 2018 Amount Percent
Revenue$17,507
 $22,617
 $(5,110) (22.6)%
Gross profit210
 3,191
 (2,981) (93.4)%
Gross profit percentage1.2% 14.1%   
General and administrative expense614
 705
 91
 12.9%
Other (income) expense, net3
 4
 1
 nm
Operating income (loss)(407) 2,482
 (2,889) (116.4)%

Revenue - Revenue for 2019 and 2018 was $17.5$0.1 million and $22.6 million, respectively, representing a decrease of 22.6%. The decrease was primarily duerepresents costs incurred by the Corporate Division to support our operating divisions.  Such costs were reflected within the timing of new project awards and materials representing a lower percentage of revenue.

Gross profit - Gross profit for 2019 and 2018 was $0.2 million (1.2% of revenue) and $3.2 million (14.1% of revenue), respectively. Gross profit for 2019 was impacted by a charge of $1.5 million related to forecast cost increases and liquidated damages on a subsea components fabrication project (see Note 2 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of the changesoperating divisions in estimates on this project). The 2019 period was also impacted by $0.2 million due to Hurricane Barry associated with the costs of hurricane preparation and its impact on the utilization of our facilities and personnel.2020.

The decrease in gross profit for 2019 relative to the prior period was primarily due to the aforementioned project charge, lower revenue and a lower margin project mix (excluding the project charge).

General and administrative expense - General and administrative expense for 20192020 and 2018 was $0.6 million (3.5% of revenue) and $0.7 million (3.1% of revenue), respectively, representing a decrease of 12.9%. The decrease was primarily due to lower incentive plan costs other cost reductions.


Corporate
 Three Months Ended 
 September 30,
 Favorable (Unfavorable) Change
 2019 2018 Amount Percent
Revenue (eliminations)$(615) $(779) $164
 nm
Gross loss(65) (402) 337
 83.8%
Gross loss percentagen/a
 n/a
    
General and administrative expense2,259
 2,092
 (167) (8.0)%
Other (income) expense, net
 1
 1
 100.0%
Operating loss(2,324) (2,495) 171
 6.9%

Gross loss - Gross loss for 2019 and 2018 was $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively. The decrease was primarily due to lower costs related to supporting our former EPC Division.

General and administrative expense - General and administrative expense for 2019 and 2018 was $2.3 million (3.0% of consolidated revenue) and $2.1$2.0 million (4.2%(2.9% of consolidated revenue), respectively, representing an increase of 8.0%17.0%. The increase was primarily due to:

Increased legal and advisory fees related to customer disputes as the costs were reflected within the operating divisions in 2018; and
Higher professional fees and other costs associated with the evaluation of strategic alternatives and initiatives to diversify and enhance our business; offset partially by,
Lower incentive plan costs and board of director compensation costs.

The customer disputes relate primarily to the pursuit of claims against a customer for disputed change orders for a completed project, and our MPSV projects which are subject to a purported termination and for which construction has been suspended.

Comparison of Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands for each table, except for percentages):
In the comparative tables below, percentage changes that are not considered meaningful (generally when the prior period amount is immaterial or when the percentage change is significantly greater than 100%) are shown below as "nm" (not meaningful).

Consolidated

 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 Favorable (Unfavorable) Change
 2019 2018 Amount Percent
Revenue$223,863
 $161,016
 $62,847
 39.0%
Cost of revenue227,593
 164,248
 (63,345) (38.6)%
Gross loss(3,730) (3,232) (498) (15.4)%
Gross loss percentage(1.7)% (2.0)%    
General and administrative expense11,791
 14,703
 2,912
 19.8%
Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net254
 (5,683) (5,937) (104.5)%
Other (income) expense, net(181) 2,859
 3,040
 nm
Operating loss(15,594) (15,111) (483) (3.2)%
Interest (expense) income, net527
 (166) 693
 nm
Net loss before income taxes(15,067) (15,277) 210
 1.4%
Income tax (expense) benefit(2)
(419) 417
 nm
Net loss$(15,069) $(15,696) $627
 4.0%

Revenue - Revenue for 2019 and 2018 was $223.9 million and $161.0 million, respectively, representing an increase of 39.0%. The increase was primarily due to:

Increased revenue for our Shipyard Division of $46.9 million, primarily due to progress on our regional class research vessel projects and towing, salvage and rescue ship projects, offset partially by lower revenue for our harbor tug projects and the prior period including revenue on our two MPSV contracts which were suspended during the first quarter 2018 (See Note 5 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of our MPSV contracts); and
Increased revenue for our Fabrication Division of $24.3 million, primarily due to progress on our paddle wheel riverboat project, vehicle ferry projects and jacket and deck project, which were not under construction in the prior period, offset partially by the prior period including revenue associated with the fabrication of modules for a petrochemical facility which was completed during the second quarter 2018; offset partially by,
Decreased revenue for our Services Division of $5.5 million due to the timing of new project awards.

Gross loss - Gross loss for 2019 and 2018 was $3.7 million (1.7% of revenue) and $3.2 million (2.0% of revenue), respectively. The gross loss for 2019 was primarily due to:

Under recovery of overhead costs (primarily associated with the underutilization of our facilities within our Fabrication Division, and to a lesser extent within our Shipyard Division);
Holding costs of $1.0 million related to the two MPSV vessels which remain in our possession and are subject to dispute (See Note 5 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of our MPSV dispute);
Charge of $3.1 million related to forecast cost increases and liquidated damages on our harbor tug projects in our Shipyard Division (see Note 2 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of the changes in estimates on these projects);
Charge of $1.4 million related to forecast cost increases and liquidated damages on a subsea components fabrication project in our Services Division (see Note 2 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of the changes in estimates on this project); and
Charge of $1.3 million related to forecast cost increases on our ice-breaker tug project in our Shipyard Division (see Note 2 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of the changes in estimates on this project).

The increase in gross loss for 2019 relative to the prior period was primarily due to:

The aforementioned project charges of $5.8 million for 2019; and
A lower margin project mix for our Services Division (excluding the aforementioned project charge); offset partially by,

Higher revenue and increased recoveries of overhead costs due to higher activity; and

A higher margin project mix for our Fabrication Division and Shipyard Division (excluding the aforementioned project charges).

General and administrative expense - General and administrative expense for 2019 and 2018 was $11.8 million (5.3% of revenue) and $14.7 million (9.1% of revenue), respectively, representing a decrease of 19.8%. The decrease was primarily due to:

Lower incentive plan costs, board of director compensation costs, and legal and advisory fees related to customer disputes; offset partially by,

Higher professional fees

Lower incentive plan costs and other costs associated with the evaluation of strategic alternatives and initiatives to diversify and enhance our business.cost savings including headcount reductions.


The customer disputes relate primarily to the pursuit of claims against a customer for disputed change orderscontract dispute for a completed project that was settled during the first quarter 2020, and our MPSV projects which are subject to a purported termination and for which construction has been suspended.  Legal and advisory fees related to such disputes totaled $0.8$0.6 million and $1.5$0.1 million for 2020 and 2019, and 2018, respectively.


Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net - Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net for 2019 and 2018 was a loss of $0.3 million and a gain $5.7 million, respectively. The loss for 2019 was primarily due to the impairment of a drydock held for sale. The gain for 2018 was primarily due to the net impact of:

A gain of $3.9 million from the sale of our Texas South Yard; and
A gain of $3.6 million from the settlement of our insurance claim related to Hurricane Harvey damage at our South Texas Properties incurred during 2017; offset partially by,
Impairments of $1.4 million related to assets held for sale.

See Note 31 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of our assets held for sale.

Other (income) expense, net - Other (income) expense, net for 2019 and 2018 was income of $0.2 million and expense of $2.9 million, respectively. Other (income) expense, net generally represents (recoveries) provisions for bad debts, (gains) losses associated with the sale or disposition of property and equipment other than assets held for sale, and (income) expense associated with certain nonrecurring items. The income for 2019 was primarily due to net gains on the sales of equipment. The expense for 2018 was primarily due to bad debt expense of $2.8 million related to a contracts receivable reserve recorded within our Fabrication Division as we received indications that collectibilitysettlement of the receivable was no longer probable, offset partially by net gains on the sales of equipment. The reserved receivable was ultimately collected in the fourth quarter 2018.

Interest (expense) income, net - Interest (expense) income, net for 2019contract dispute and 2018, was income of $0.5 million and expense of $0.2 million, respectively. The net interest income for 2019 was primarily due to interest earned on our cash and short-term investment balances, offset partially by interest amortization associated with our long-term lease liability. The net interest expense for 2018 was primarily due to borrowings under our Credit Agreement during 2018.

Income tax (expense) benefit - Income tax (expense) benefit for 2019 and 2018 was expense of $2,000 and $0.4 million, respectively. Income tax expense represents state income taxes. No federal tax benefit was recorded for losses during 2019 or 2018 as a full valuation allowance was recorded against our deferred tax assets generated during the periods.


Operating Segments

Fabrication Division(1)
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 Favorable (Unfavorable) Change
 2019 2018 Amount Percent
Revenue$54,520
 $30,197
 $24,323
 80.5%
Gross loss(1,877) (5,888) 4,011
 68.1%
Gross loss percentage(3.4)%
(19.5)%    
General and administrative expense1,949
 3,886
 1,937
 49.8%
Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net(70) (5,683) (5,613) (98.8)%
Other (income) expense, net(157) 2,481
 2,638
 nm
Operating loss(3,599) (6,572) 2,973
 nm
___________
(1)During the first quarter 2019, our former EPC Division was operationally combined with our Fabrication Division. Accordingly, results for our former EPC Division for the 2018 period have been combined with the Fabrication Division to conform to the presentation of our reportable segments for the 2019 period. See Note 7 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of our realigned operating divisions and related financial information.

Revenue - Revenue for 2019 and 2018 was $54.5 million and $30.2 million, respectively, representing an increase of 80.5%. The increase was primarily due to:
Progress on our paddle wheel riverboat project, vehicle ferry projects and jacket and deck project which were not under construction in the prior period; offset partially by,
The prior period including revenue associated with the fabrication of modules for a petrochemical facility which was completed during the second quarter 2018.

Gross loss - Gross loss for 2019 and 2018 was $1.9 million (3.4% of revenue) and $5.9 million (19.5% of revenue), respectively. The gross loss for 2019 was primarily due to the under recovery of overhead costs. The decrease in gross loss for 2019 relative to the prior period was primarily due to higher revenue, increased recoveries of overhead costs due to higher activity, and a higher margin project mix.

General and administrative expense - General and administrative expense for 2019 and 2018 was $1.9 million (3.6% of revenue) and $3.9 million (12.9% of revenue), respectively, representing a decrease of 49.8%. The decrease was primarily due to lower costs associated with our former EPC Division and lower legal and advisory fees related to a customer dispute as the costs are reflected within the Corporate Division in 2019.

Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net - Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net for 2019 and 2018 was a gain of $0.1 million and $5.7 million, respectively. The gain for 2018 was primarily due to the net impact of:

A gain of $3.9 million from the sale of our Texas South Yard; and
A gain of $3.6 million from the settlement of our insurance claim related to Hurricane Harvey damage at our South Texas Properties incurred during 2017; offset partially by,
Impairments of $1.4 million related to assets held for sale.

Other (income) expense, net - Other (income) expense, net for the 2019 and 2018 was income of $0.2 million and expense of $2.5 million, respectively. The income for 2019 was primarily due to net gains on the sales of equipment. The expense for 2018 was primarily due to bad debt expense of $2.8 million related to a contracts receivable reserve recorded during the period as we received indications that collectibility of the receivable was no longer probable, offset partially by net gains on the sales of equipment. The reserved receivable was ultimately collected in the fourth quarter 2018.


Shipyard
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 Favorable (Unfavorable) Change
 2019 2018 Amount Percent
Revenue$113,590
 $66,677
 $46,913
 70.4%
Gross loss(5,594) (5,563) (31) (0.6)%
Gross loss percentage(4.9)% (8.3)%   
General and administrative expense1,871
 2,089
 218
 10.4%
Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net324
 
 (324) nm
Other (income) expense, net28
 158
 130
 82.3%
Operating loss(7,817) (7,810) (7) (0.1)%

Revenue - Revenue for 2019 and 2018 was $113.6 million and $66.7 million, respectively, representing an increase of 70.4%. The increase was primarily due to:

Progress on our regional class research vessel projects and towing, salvage and rescue ship projects; offset partially by,
Lower revenue for our harbor tug projects and the prior period including revenue on our two MPSV contracts which were suspended during the first quarter 2018 (See Note 5 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of our MPSV contracts).

Gross loss dispute.  

- Gross loss for 2019 and 2018 was $5.6 million (4.9% of revenue) and $5.6 million (8.3% of revenue), respectively. The gross loss for 2019 was primarily due to:


Holding costs of $1.0 million related to the two MPSV vessels which remain in our possession and are subject to dispute (See Note 5 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of our MPSV dispute);
Charge of $3.1 million related to forecast cost increases and liquidated damages on our harbor tug projects (see Note 2 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of the changes in estimates on these projects);
Charge of $1.3 million related to forecast cost increases on our ice-breaker tug project (see Note 2 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of the changes in estimates on this project); and
Under recovery of overhead costs.

The comparable gross loss for 2019 relative to the prior period was primarily due to:
Higher revenue and increased recoveries of overhead costs due to higher activity; and
A higher margin project mix (excluding the aforementioned project charges); offset partially by,
The aforementioned project charges of $4.4 million for 2019.

General and administrative expense26 - General and administrative expense for 2019 and 2018 was $1.9 million (1.6% of revenue) and $2.1 million (3.1% of revenue), respectively, representing a decrease of 10.4%. The decrease was primarily due to lower legal and advisory fees related to a customer dispute as the costs are reflected within the Corporate Division in 2019.

Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net - Asset impairments and (gain) loss on assets held for sale, net for 2019 was a loss of $0.3 million. The loss for 2019 was primarily due to the impairment of a drydock held for sale.

Other (income) expense, net - Other (income) expense, net for 2019 and 2018, was expense of $28,000 and $0.2 million, respectively, primarily due to net losses on the sales of equipment.


Services
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 Favorable (Unfavorable) Change
 2019 2018 Amount Percent
Revenue$61,174
 $66,692
 $(5,518) (8.3)%
Gross profit4,088
 9,390
 (5,302) (56.5)%
Gross profit percentage8.9% 14.1%    
General and administrative expense1,530
 2,201
 671
 30.5%
Other (income) expense, net(52) (34) 18
 52.9%
Operating income2,610
 7,223
 (4,613) (63.9)%

Revenue - Revenue for 2019 and 2018 was $61.2 million and $66.7 million, respectively, representing a decrease of 8.3%. The decrease was primarily due to the timing of new project awards.

Gross profit - Gross profit for 2019 and 2018 was $4.1 million (8.9% of revenue) and $9.4 million (14.1% of revenue), respectively. Gross profit for 2019 was impacted by a charge of $1.4 million related to forecast cost increases and liquidated damages on a subsea components fabrication project (see Note 2 of our Financial Statements for further discussion of the changes in estimates on this project). The decrease in gross profit for 2019 relative to the prior period was primarily due to the aforementioned project charge, lower revenue and a lower margin project mix (excluding the project charge).

General and administrative expense - General and administrative expense for 2019 and 2018 was $1.5 million (2.5% of revenue) and $2.2 million (3.3% of revenue), respectively, representing a decrease of 30.5%. The decrease was primarily due to lower incentive plan costs and other cost reductions.

Corporate
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 Favorable (Unfavorable) Change
 2019 2018 Amount Percent
Revenue (eliminations)$(5,421) $(2,550) $(2,871) nm
Gross loss(347) (1,171) 824
 70.4%
Gross loss percentagen/a
 n/a
    
General and administrative expense6,441
 6,527
 86
 1.3%
Other (income) expense, net
 254
 254
 100.0%
Operating loss(6,788) (7,952) 1,164
 14.6%

Gross loss - Gross loss for 2019 and 2018 was $0.3 million and $1.2 million, respectively. The decrease was primarily due to lower costs related to supporting our former EPC Division.

General and administrative expense - General and administrative expense for 2019 and 2018 was $6.4 million (2.9% of consolidated revenue) and $6.5 million (4.1% of consolidated revenue), respectively, representing a decrease of 1.3%. The decrease was primarily due to:

Lower incentive plan costs and board of director compensation costs; offset partially by,
Increased legal and advisory fees related to customer disputes as the costs were reflected within the operating divisions in 2018; and
Higher professional fees and other costs associated with the evaluation of strategic alternatives and initiatives to diversify and enhance our business.
The customer disputes relate primarily to the pursuit of claims against a customer for disputed change orders for a completed project, and our MPSV projects which are subject to a purported termination and for which construction has been suspended.

Other (income) expense, net - Other (income) expense, net for 2018 was expense of $0.3 million.



Liquidity and Capital Resources

Available Liquidity


Our primary sources of liquidity are our cash and cash equivalents, scheduled maturities of our short-term investments, and availability under our Credit Agreement (discussed below).Agreement. At September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $71.4$68.6 million, and availability under our immediately available liquidityCredit Agreement was $30.2 million as follows (in thousands):

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

48,562

 

Short-term investments (1)

 

 

19,993

 

Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

 

$

68,555

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Agreement total capacity

 

$

40,000

 

Outstanding letters of credit

 

 

(9,820

)

Credit Agreement available capacity

 

$

30,180

 

_______________


(1)

Includes U.S. Treasuries with original maturities of more than three months, but less than six months.

Available Liquidity Total
Cash and cash equivalents $45,911
Short-term investments(1)
 25,457
  Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments 71,368
Credit Agreement total capacity 40,000
Outstanding letters of credit (10,434)
  Credit Agreement available capacity 29,566
  Total available liquidity $100,934
___________
(1) Includes U.S. Treasuries with original maturities of more than three months, but less than six months.

Working Capital


Our available liquidity is impacted by changes in our working capital and our capital expenditure requirements. At September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, our working capital was $94.0$72.3 million and included $71.4$68.6 million of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments and $18.5$8.1 million of assets held for sale. Excluding cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and assets held for sale, our working capital at September 30, 2019 totaled $4.1March 31, 2020 was negative $4.4 million, and consisted of net contractscontract assets and contract liabilities (collectively, "Contracts in Progress") of $35.2$53.3 million; contracts receivable and retainage of $30.3$16.2 million; inventory, prepaid expenses and other current assets of $7.8$4.7 million; and accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $69.1$78.6 million.  The components of our working capital (excluding cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and assets held for sale) at September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2018,2019, and changes in such amounts during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, were2020, was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

March 31,

2020

 

 

December 31,

2019

 

 

Change(3)

 

Contract assets

 

$

64,905

 

 

$

52,128

 

 

$

12,777

 

Contract liabilities(1)

 

 

(11,571

)

 

 

(26,271

)

 

 

14,700

 

Contracts in progress, net(2)

 

 

53,334

 

 

 

25,857

 

 

 

27,477

 

Contracts receivable and retainage, net

 

 

16,178

 

 

 

26,095

 

 

 

(9,917

)

Prepaid expenses, inventory and other current assets

 

 

4,728

 

 

 

6,624

 

 

 

(1,896

)

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities(4)

 

 

(78,619

)

 

 

(71,573

)

 

 

(7,046

)

Total

 

$

(4,379

)

 

$

(12,997

)

 

$

8,618

 

  September 30, December 31,  
  2019 2018 
Change(3)
Contract assets $50,855
 $29,982
 $(20,873)
Contract liabilities(1)
 (15,682) (16,845) (1,163)
Contracts in progress, net(2)
 35,173
 13,137
 (22,036)
Contracts receivable and retainage, net 30,268
 22,505
 (7,763)
Inventory, prepaid expenses and other assets 7,795
 9,356
 1,561
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities (69,140) (39,256) 29,884
Total $4,096
 $5,742
 $1,646
___________

(1)

Contract liabilities at September 30, 2019March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2018,2019, include accrued contract losses of $3.0$4.6 million and $2.4$6.4 million, respectively.

(2)

Represents our cash position relative to revenue recognized on projects, with contract assets representing unbilled amounts that reflect future cash inflows on projects, and contract liabilities representing (i) advance payments that reflect future cash expenditures and non-cash earnings on projects and (ii) accrued contract losses that represent future cash expenditures on projects.

(3) Changes referenced in the cash flow activity section below may differ from the changes in this table due to non-cash reclassifications and due to certain changes in balance sheet accounts being reflected within other line items on the Statement of Cash Flows, including bad debt expense and (gain) loss on sales of fixed assets and other assets.

(3)

Changes referenced in the cash flow activity section below may differ from the changes in this table due to non-cash reclassifications and due to certain changes in balance sheet accounts being reflected within other line items on the Statement of Cash Flows, including bad debt expense, gains and losses on sales of fixed assets and other assets, and accruals for capital expenditures.

(4)

Accounts payable includes progress accruals associated with engineered equipment manufactured by vendors, and services provided by subcontractors, that is not contractually billable or has not been billed by the vendors and subcontractors.  Such accruals totaled $44.6 million and $34.7 million at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, and result in an increase in percentage of completion on our projects and an increase in our contract assets.  

Fluctuations in our working capital, and its components, are not unusual in our business and are impacted by the size of our projects and the mix of our backlog. Our working capital is particularly impacted by the timing of new project awards and related payments in advance of performing work, and the subsequent achievement of billing milestones or project progress on backlog


as we complete certain phases of work.backlog.  Working capital is also impacted at period-end by the timing of contracts receivable collections and accounts payable payments on our projects.

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Cash Flow Activity


Operating Activities - DuringCash provided by operating activities for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2019, netMarch 31, 2020 was $7,000, and cash used in operating activities was $6.7 million, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $18.7 million for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2018. Cash used in operating activities during theMarch 31, 2019 periodwas $8.5 million, and was primarily due to an operating loss for the period and the net impactimpacts of the following:

2020 Activity


Net gains from asset sales of $0.9 million, bad debt expense of $59,000,

Operating income excluding depreciation and amortization expense of $7.3 million, asset impairments of $0.6$2.2 million and stock-based compensation expense of $1.8 million;$0.1 million. Operating income includes a gain of $10.0 million associated with the settlement of a contract dispute for a previously completed project;

Increase in contract assets of $20.9$12.8 million related to the timing of billings on projects, primarily due to an increase inincreased unbilled positions on four projects in our Shipyard Division (primarily(due to increased unbilled positions for our three regional class research vessel projects and our first towing, salvage and rescue ship) and a project in our Services Division,ship projects, offset partially by a decrease indecreased unbilled positions onfor our harbor tug projects. See below for discussion of increase in related accounts payable;projects);

Decrease in contract liabilities of $1.2 million, primarily due to the unwind of advance payments on a project in our Fabrication Division, offset partially by an increase in billings on a project in our Fabrication Division and advance payments on a project in our Shipyard Division;

Decrease in contract liabilities of $14.7 million, primarily due to the unwind of advance payments on projects in our Fabrication & Services Division (for our offshore jacket and deck project and material supply project) and projects in our Shipyard Division (for our towing, salvage and rescue ship projects);

Increase

Decrease in contracts receivable and retainage of $7.8$9.9 million related to the timing of billings and collections on our projects, primarily due to an increase in billingscollections on two projects in our Fabrication Division, offset partially by a decrease in billings on certain projects in our& Services Division;

Decrease in prepaid expenses, inventory and other assets of $1.5$1.8 million, primarily due to a decrease in inventory;prepaid expenses and the associated timing of certain prepayments;

Increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $28.8$7.7 million, primarily due to increased projectprocurement activity and the timing of paymentsprogress accruals for engineered equipment manufactured by vendors for projects in our Shipyard Division (primarily for(for our three regional class research vessel projects and three towing, salvage and rescue ship projects); and

Change in noncurrent assets and liabilities, net of $0.9$0.2 million.

2019 Activity

Operating loss excluding net gains from asset sales of $0.3 million, bad debt expense of $53,000, depreciation and amortization of $2.6 million, asset impairments of $0.3 million, and stock-based compensation expense $0.6 million;


Increase in contract assets of $8.7 million, primarily due to increased unbilled positions on two projects in our Shipyard Division;

During

Decrease in contract liabilities of $7.6 million, primarily due to the partial unwind of advance payments on two separate projects in our Shipyard Division and Fabrication & Services Division;

Decrease in contracts receivable and retainage of $0.8 million, primarily due to the timing of billings and collections on our projects;

Decrease in prepaid expenses, inventory and other assets of $1.1 million, primarily due to inventory and prepaid expenses;

Increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $6.0 million, primarily due to increased project activity for projects in our Shipyard Division; and

Change in noncurrent assets and liabilities, net of $0.2 million.

Investing Activities – Cash used in investing activities for the three months ended September 30,March 31, 2020 and 2019 net cash used in operating activities was $3.8 million.


Investing Activities - During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, net cash$1.0 million, and $11.4 million, respectively. Cash used in investing activities during the 2020 period was $17.0primarily due to capital expenditures of $2.1 million compared(primarily related to net cash providedenhancements to our Shipyard Division facilities to execute our backlog), offset partially by investing activitiesproceeds from the sale of $55.5 millionassets held for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.sale of $1.1 million. Cash used in investing activities during the 2019 period was primarily due to the net purchase of short-term investments of $45.4$11.5 million and capital expenditures of $2.0$0.3 million, offset partially by maturities of short-term investments of $28.8 million and proceeds from the salessale of equipment of $1.6$0.4 million.

Financing Activities - During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, net cash used in financing activities was $0.8 million, compared to net cash used in financing activities of $0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. Cash used in financing activities for both the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $0.1 million and 2018 periods$0.7 million, respectively, and was primarily due to tax payments made on behalf of employees from vested stock withholdings.


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Credit Facilities


Credit Agreement - We have a $40.0 million revolving credit facility (“Credit Agreement”) with Hancock Whitney Bank ("Credit Agreement"Whitney Bank") that can be used for borrowings or letters of credit.credit that matures June 9, 2021. On May 1, 2019,February 28, 2020, we amended our Credit Agreement to extend its maturity date to June 9, 2021 and amend certainour financial covenants. Our amended quarterly financial covenants at March 31, 2020, and for the remaining term of the Credit Agreement, are as follows:


Ratio of current assets to current liabilities of not less than 2.00:1.25:1.00;

Minimum tangible net worth of at least the sum of $170.0$130.0 million, plus 100% of the net proceeds from any issuance of stock or other equity after deducting of any fees, commissions, expenses and other costs incurred in such offering;

Minimum cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $40.0 million; and

Ratio of funded debt (which includes outstanding letters of credit) to tangible net worth of not more than 0.50:1.00.



Our Credit Agreement also includes restrictions regarding our ability to: (i) grant liens; (ii) make certain loans or investments; (iii) incur additional indebtedness or guarantee other indebtedness in excess of specified levels; (iv) make any material change to the nature of our business or undergo a fundamental change; (v) make any material dispositions; (vi) acquire another company or all or substantially all of its assets; (vii) enter into a merger, consolidation, or sale leaseback transaction; or (viii) declare and pay dividends if any potential default or event of default occurs.


Interest on borrowings under the Credit Agreement may be designated, at our option, as either the Wall Street Journal published Prime Rate (5.0%(3.3% at September 30, 2019)March 31, 2020) or LIBOR (2.0%(1.0% at September 30, 2019)March 31, 2020) plus 2.0% per annum. Commitment fees on the unused portion of the Credit Agreement are 0.4% per annum and interest on outstanding letters of credit is 2.0% per annum. The Credit Agreement is secured by substantially all of our assets (with a negative pledge on our real property).


At September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, we had no outstanding borrowings under our Credit Agreement and $10.4$9.8 million of outstanding letters of credit to support our projects, providing $29.6$30.2 million of available capacity. At September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, we were in compliance with all of our financial covenants, with a tangible net worth of $185.2$159.3 million (as defined by the Credit Agreement),; total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $68.6 million; a ratio of current assets to current liabilities of 2.11:1.001.80 to 1.00; and a ratio of funded debt to tangible net worth of 0.06:1.00.


Surety Bonds - We issue surety bonds in the ordinary course of business to support our projects.  At September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, we had $409.3$411.8 million of outstanding surety bonds.  Although we believe there is sufficient bonding capacity available to us from one or more financial institutions, such capacity is uncommitted, and accordingly, we can provide no assurances that necessary bonding capacity will be available to support our future bonding requirements.

Loan AgreementOn April 17, 2020, we entered into an unsecured loan in the aggregate amount of $10.0 million (the “PPP Loan”) with Whitney Bank for proceeds of $10.0 million pursuant to the Payroll Protection Program (“PPP”), which is sponsored by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and is part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”).  The PPP provides for loans to qualifying businesses, the proceeds of which may only be used for payroll costs, rent, utilities, mortgage interest, and interest on other pre-existing indebtedness (the “permissible expenses”).  The PPP Loan matures on April 17, 2022, bears interest at a fixed rate of 1.0 percent per annum, and is payable in monthly installments commencing on November 17, 2020.  The PPP Loan may be prepaid at any time prior to maturity with no prepayment penalties.  The PPP Loan, and accrued interest, may be forgiven partially or in full, if certain conditions are met.  The most significant of the conditions are:

Only amounts expended for permissible expenses during the eight-week period following April 17, 2020 (the “covered period”) are eligible for loan forgiveness;


Of the total amount of permissible expenses for which forgiveness can be granted, at least 75% must be for payroll costs, or a proportionate reduction of the maximum loan forgiveness amount will occur; and

If there are reductions in employee headcount (or employee compensation is reduced by more than 25%) during the covered period, a further reduction of the maximum loan forgiveness amount will occur.

In order to obtain full forgiveness of the PPP Loan, we must request forgiveness and provide satisfactory documentation in accordance with applicable SBA guidelines.  We will be obligated to repay any portion of the principal amount of the PPP Loan that is not forgiven, together with accrued interest. We intend to use the PPP Loan proceeds for only permissible purposes; however, we can provide no assurances that we will be eligible for forgiveness of the PPP Loan, in whole or in part.  We received a consent from Whitney Bank that allows the PPP Loan to be included as permitted debt under our debt covenants in our Credit Agreement and is subject to, among other things, compliance with the CARES Act and use of the PPP Loan proceeds only for permissible purposes and in a manner intended to maximize our entitlement to forgiveness of the PPP Loan.  See Note 4 and Note 7 of our Financial Statements in Item 1 for further discussion of the PPP Loan.  

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Liquidity Outlook


As discussed in our Overview, we continue to focus on maintaining liquidity and securing meaningfulprofitable new project awards and backlog in the near-term and generating operating income and cash flow from operationsflows in the longer-term. We have made significant progress in our efforts to increase our backlogpreserve and improve and preserve our liquidity, including cost reductions, (including reducing the compensation paid to our directors and executive officers) and the sale of underutilized assets.assets and facilities and an improved overall cashflow position on our projects in backlog. In addition, at September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, we continue to have $18.5$8.1 million of assets held for sale; however, we can provide no assurances that we will successfully sell these assets or that we will recover their carrying value. The primary uses of our liquidity for the remainder of 20192020 and the foreseeable future are to fund:


The

Overhead costs associated with the underutilization of our facilities within our FabricationShipyard Division and to a lesser extent within our ShipyardFabrication & Services Division, until we secure and/or begin to execute sufficient backlog to fully recover our overhead costs;

Capital expenditures (including potential enhancements to our Shipyard Division facilities and investments into execute our Fabrication Division facilities to win and execute potential offshore wind projects)backlog);

Accrued contract losses recorded at September 30, 2019;March 31, 2020;

Working capital requirements for our projects (including the unwind of advance payments and potential additional projects for the U.S. Navy if the aforementioned options are exercised); and

Corporate administrative expenses and strategic initiatives.initiatives to diversify and enhance our business.


We anticipate capital expenditures of $2.0$10.0 million to $3.0$12.0 million for the remainder of 2019.


If conditions2020, of which approximately $8.0 million represents capital investments required by our contracts for the oilconstruction of our five towing, salvage and gas industry do not improve, we are unablerescue ships.  The expenditures relate to increasethe construction of vessel erection sites and a warehouse for storage.  While the capital investment is required by the contracts, the assets will benefit our backlog, we are unable to diversifyconstruction operations going forward, including supporting our execution of any further towing, salvage and rescue ships if our customer base, or weexercises its options for additional vessels as discussed in “New Awards and Backlog” above. Further investments in facilities may be required to win and execute potential new project awards, which are unsuccessfulnot included in our strategic repositioning of the Company, we would take additional measures to reduce costs and preserve our liquidity until we are able to generate cash flows from operations.

these estimates.

We believe that our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments at September 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, and availability under our Credit Agreement, will be sufficient to enable us to fund our operating expenses, meet our working capital and capital expenditure requirements, and satisfy any debt service obligations or other funding requirements, for at least twelve months from the date of this Report. Our evaluation of the sufficiency of our cash and liquidity is primarily based on our financial forecast for 20192020 and 2020,2021, which is impacted by our existing backlog and estimates of future new project awards. We can provide no assurances that our financial forecast will be achieved or that we will have sufficient cash or availability under our Credit Agreement to meet planned operating expenses and other unforeseen cash requirements. Accordingly, we may be required to obtain new or additional credit facilities, sell additional assets or conduct equity or debt offerings at a time when it is not beneficial to do so.




Contractual Obligations
There have been no material changes from the information included in our 2018 Annual Report. For more information on our contractual obligations, refer to Part II, Item 7 of our 2018 Annual Report.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
There have been no material changes from the information included in our 2018 Annual Report.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
There have been no material changes in the Company’s market risks during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. For more information on market risk, refer to Part II, Item 7A of our 2018 Annual Report.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

The Company maintains

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it fileswe file or submitssubmit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms, and that such information is communicated to the Company’s management, including itsour Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company’s management,Management, with the participation of the Company’sour Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, havehas 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 the end of the period covered by this Report.

During the three months ended September 30, 2019,first quarter 2020, there were no changes in the Company’sour internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’sour internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

We are subject to various routine legal proceedings in the normal conduct of our business, primarily involving commercial disputes and claims, workers’ compensation claims, and claims for personal injury under general maritime laws of the U.S. and the Jones Act. While the outcome of these lawsuits, legal proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe 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.


On October 2, 2018, we filed a lawsuit against our customer to enforce our rights and remedies under the applicable construction contracts for two MPSVs. The lawsuit was filed in the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court for the Parish of St. Tammany, State of Louisiana and is styled Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC v. Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC. The customer responded to our lawsuit by denying many of the allegations in the lawsuit and asserting a counterclaim against us.  We filed a response to the counterclaim denying all the customer's claims. The customer subsequently filed an amendment to its counterclaim to add claims by the customer against the Surety. The customer also filed a motion for partial summary judgment with the trial court seeking, among other things, to obtain possession of the vessels. A hearing on thatthe motion was held on May 28, 2019, and the customer's request to obtain possession of the vessels was denied by the trial court. The customer recently filed an amendment to its counterclaim to add claims by the customer against our Surety for the contracts.  The customer also recentlysubsequently filed a second motion for partial summary judgment re-urging its previously denied request to obtain possession of the vessels.  A hearing on the second motion was held on November 9, 2019, and the customer’s request to obtain possession of the vessels was again denied by the trial court.  Thereafter, the customer requested that the appellate court exercise its discretion and review the trial court’s denial of the customer’s second motion.  We have opposed the discretionary appellate review request of the customer and the appellate matter is currently scheduled for November 5, 2019.


pending. Discovery in connection with the lawsuit is ongoing. See Note 5 of our Financial Statements forin Item 1for further discussion of this litigation.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There

The following risk factor represents a material change in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our 2019 Annual Report. To the extent COVID-19 adversely affects our business, financial condition, results of operation and liquidity, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in Item 1A.“Risk Factors” included in our 2019 Annual Report.

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 and certain developments in the global oil markets have had and may continue to have a negative impact on our operations.

COVID-19 is a widespread public health crisis that is adversely affecting global economies and financial markets. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic and the U.S. President has announced a national emergency relating to COVID-19.  National, state and local authorities have recommended social distancing and imposed, or are considering, quarantine and isolation measures on large portions of the population, including mandatory business closures. These measures, while intended to protect human life, have had and are expected to continue to have a serious adverse impact on domestic and foreign economies of uncertain severity and duration. Due to these COVID-19 related measures, there has been a decline in the demand for, and thus market prices of, oil and these declines have been no material changes fromexacerbated by the information includedproduction dispute between Russia and the member of OPEC, particularly Saudi Arabia, and the subsequent actions taken by such countries as a result thereof. The effectiveness of economic stabilization efforts, including proposed government payments to affected citizens and industries, is uncertain. Some economists are predicting the United States may enter a recession of unknown duration as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic combined with the weak commodity price environment. Any such prolonged period of economic slowdown or recession could have a significant adverse effect on our financial condition and financial condition of our customers, subcontractors and other counterparties.

We operate in Item 1A “Risk Factors”a critical infrastructure industry, as defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Consistent with federal guidelines and with state and local orders to date, we currently continue to operate across our footprint. Notwithstanding our continued operations, the progression of and global response to COVID-19, and related contraction in oil demand, combined with depressed crude oil prices have had and may continue to have negative impacts on our operations, which include but are not limited to:

Delays, Suspension or Termination of Backlog; Reduced Bidding Activity; Deterioration of Customer Financial Condition.  Certain of our customers have requested to renegotiate pricing and suspended contracts in our 2018 Annual Report.backlog and bidding activities for several new project opportunities have been suspended.  We may have additional delays, suspensions or terminations of contracts in our backlog and further reduced bidding activity for new project awards.  In addition, financial strain on our customers could impact their ability pay or otherwise perform on their obligations to us.

Reduced availability of workforce.We have seen an increase in employee absenteeism, and we have implemented COVID-19 related mitigation measures to ensure the safety and well-being of our employees and contractors, both of which have impacted our project execution.  The ability of our employees to work may be further impacted by COVID-19 (including,

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but not limited to, the temporary inability of the workforce to work due to illness, quarantine following illness, or absenteeism for fear of contracting COVID-19), which may further impact our progress on projects.

Performance by Subcontractors. COVID-19 has also had an impact on our suppliers and subcontractors. Failure of suppliers and subcontractors, on which we rely, to deliver materials and provide services, or perform under their contracts on a timely basis or at all due to their own financial or operational difficulties or inability to fulfill their contractual obligations due to the reduced availability of their workforce, has had and may continue to have an adverse impact on our operations. The inability of our suppliers or subcontractors to perform could result in the need to transition to alternative suppliers or subcontractors, which could result in significant incremental cost and delay, or the need for us to provide other supplemental means to support our existing suppliers and subcontractors.

The extent which COVID-19 and the related contraction in oil demand and the depressed crude oil prices may adversely impact our business, prospects, financial condition, operating results and cash flows depends on future developments that are highly uncertain and unpredictable.  This current level of uncertainty over the economic and operational impacts of COVID-19 and the related contraction in oil demand and the depressed crude oil prices means the related business and financial impacts cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.  

Item 6. Exhibits.

Exhibit

Number

Exhibit
Number

Description of Exhibit

3.1

3.2

10.1

31.1

10.2

10.3

Form of Retention Bonus Agreement dated March 3, 2020. *†

31.1

CEO Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. *

31.2

32

101

Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following items formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language):

(i)

Consolidated Balance Sheets,

(ii)

Consolidated Statements of Operations,

(iii)

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity,

(iv)

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and

(v)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

*Filed herewith.

*

Filed herewith.

Management Contract or Compensatory Plan.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

BY:

/s/ Westley S. Stockton

Westley S. Stockton

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial

Officer, Secretary and Treasurer (Principal

(Principal Financial Officer)


Date: November 5, 2019



May 6, 2020

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