Design REVOLUTION: Michael McGuire on DM 7.2

27/09/2025 16 min Episodio 10

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Forty years is a long wait for an update.The new Foundations and Earth Structures Design Manual (DM 7.2) is here — modernized, reorganized, and built to guide engineers through the most critical foundation decisions of our time.In this episode of ROCK SOLID LEADERS, Michael McGuire (Lafayette College), one of the manual’s lead authors, breaks down what’s changed, why it matters, and how it will shape the future of design education and practice.Listeners will learn:The biggest updates in DM 7.2, from shear strength to deep foundationsWhy the manual is both a roadmap for students and a tool for practitionersWhere AI fits into the next generation of engineering design toolsThis isn’t just an update. It’s a design revolution.

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