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The catacombs are the brainchild of Arik Glazer, the chief executive of Rolzur Tunnelling, a company usually associated with more conventional civil engineering projects such as motorway tunnels.

From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2017

The engineering work was so challenging, Dudnik boasts, that in 2011 RZhD was named Major Tunnelling Project of the Year at an international awards ceremony in Hong Kong.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 2, 2014

Tunnelling through Snowdonia would be far too costly.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2013

"They'll try to claim anything as a record," says Jon Young, editor of Tunnels & Tunnelling Magazine in London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 26, 2013

"Haven't you got enough disturbers of the peace already," he remarked to the Tunnelling officer, "without snatching our ewe lamb?"

From No Man's Land by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)