Design of glued-in rods or bars

NZS 3603 and its soon to be released replacement NZS AS 1720.1 do not contain provisions for the design of glued-in rods or bars. Currently, reference is normally made to Chapter 29 of the Timber Design Guide (Buchanan et al. 2007), which outlines design provisions based on testing of a limited number of locally available glues and epoxies.