The Olympics is the most watched and most expensive sport event in the world, drawing in billions of users and spectators alike. Has anyone ever stopped to think about the Olympic venues themselves? Years of planning and construction are needed to reach the perfection required by the Olympic Committee and very few stop to think about the great feats of engineering that occur to make it all happen.
The New Jersey Institute of Technology Online Masters of Civil Engineering, who offer the NJIT Online Masters in Civil Engineering Program, created this infographic to highlight the great engineering feats that have taken place for the Olympics, and a few interesting facts and figures.
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