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February 18, 2026

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Vacation awarded 021626

Posted On: Feb 16, 2026

The following vacations were awarded today following the close of bids on 02/15/2026 @ 2359:

MR Thomas won bid for 08/31/2026 and dropped 11/02/2026.

BE Kooper won bid for 07/13/2026.

DW Hillius won bid for 07/20/2026 and dropped 11/16/2026.

JS Peil won bid for 08/24/2026.

JE Parks won bid for 08/1082026.

The following are the weeks that are available for bid:

July 27, Aug 3, Aug 17, Nov 2, Nov 16.

I still need bids from the following Engineers who were granted an additional week of vacation:

SA Martinec, RJ Steiner, BM Phelps, TJ Thon, J Nelson.

Once again these vacancies are available for everyone to bid and bids will close 02/18/2026 at 2359. Please bid by using the engineer bid for on the vacation page here or by texting me your bids.

Jim

Download:

2026 Vacation Calendar 021626.xlsx