What is an ITP in construction?

An Inspection and Test Plan (ITP) is a quality assurance document used in construction to define inspection activities, hold points, and witness points at key stages of work. It specifies what needs to be checked, by whom, and records the results for audit and compliance purposes.

How much does HoldPoint QA cost?

HoldPoint QA charges $45 AUD per active project per month for 1–5 projects, and $35 per project per month for 6 or more active projects. There are no per-seat fees or per-document charges. Projects start as draft (free) until the first document is added.

Can external clients sign ITPs without an account?

Yes. HoldPoint QA sends a secure sign-off link via email. External signatories — clients, principal's representatives, or engineers — can review the full ITP checklist and sign digitally without needing an account or app.

Does HoldPoint generate ITP PDFs automatically?

Yes. When an ITP is approved, HoldPoint automatically generates a branded PDF containing all checklist results, inspection notes, photos, and signatures. PDFs are regenerated if any information changes.

Should I replace Aconex with HoldPoint?

Generally no — Aconex is usually the principal-mandated document control platform on tier-1 jobs and you can't unilaterally replace it. HoldPoint is the tool you use to actually author and sign the ITPs that then get transmitted into Aconex as PDFs.

Can HoldPoint output documents that go into Aconex?

Yes. Every approved document in HoldPoint becomes a branded audit-ready PDF that you can transmit into Aconex through the normal document control workflow. Sign-off packs produce a single combined PDF per area.

Why use HoldPoint if my project is on Aconex?

Because Aconex is built for document control, not ITP authoring. Authoring an ITP, applying hold points, capturing photos, getting the principal's representative to sign, and producing the final PDF is faster in HoldPoint. Once it's signed, the PDF goes into Aconex for the formal record.

HoldPoint vs Aconex (Oracle)

HoldPoint vs Aconex

Aconex is enterprise document control. HoldPoint is the ITP product subcontractors actually use to fill in and sign the documents that get pushed back into Aconex.

The short answer

Aconex is the document control and correspondence backbone on many tier-1 jobs. HoldPoint is the ITP authoring and sign-off product subcontractors run alongside it, producing the audit-ready PDFs that get filed into Aconex.

Pick HoldPoint when

Subcontractors and civil contractors required to submit ITPs into Aconex on tier-1 projects who want a faster, cheaper, ITP-specific tool for actually authoring and signing those documents.

Pick Aconex when

Tier-1 builders and principals running enterprise document control across major infrastructure or commercial projects with formal correspondence and approvals workflows.

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What each tool actually is.

A factual side-by-side. No marketing fluff — just the publicly known positioning of both products.

HoldPoint QA

Construction ITP software, vertical and focused.

Built around the three documents subcontractors and civil contractors actually deliver — Inspection and Test Plans, Site Instructions, and Labour Dockets. Hold points and witness points are first-class concepts the product enforces. Areas turn one ITP into many area-specific copies in a single bulk action. Sign-off packs collapse a level or a lot into a single email and one combined audit-ready PDF.

ITP-first: hold points, witness points, and sign-off packs are the product.
Areas turn a multi-level building or multi-lot subdivision into structured sign-off packs in minutes.
Per-project AUD pricing instead of enterprise document-control contracts.
Outputs branded audit-ready PDFs that can be transmitted into Aconex without any custom integration.

Aconex · Oracle

Originally Australian, now part of Oracle — enterprise construction document control and collaboration platform used heavily on tier-1 infrastructure and major projects.

Industry-standard document control on tier-1 jobs.
Mature workflows for transmittals, submittals, and formal approvals.
Massive scale — handles document volumes on the largest projects.
Auditable correspondence trail demanded by major principals.

Quick facts

· Originally Australian; acquired by Oracle in 2017 and now part of Oracle Construction and Engineering.
· Primarily an enterprise document control and correspondence platform.
· Standard on many tier-1 infrastructure and major commercial projects in Australia.
· Workflows include drawings, RFIs, submittals, transmittals, and document approvals.
· Pricing is enterprise, on enquiry, typically scaled to project volume.

At a glance

HoldPoint vs Aconex, dimension by dimension.

Dimension	HoldPoint	Aconex
Product type	ITP authoring + sign-off	Enterprise document control
Hold points / witness points	First-class	Modelled in document fields
Area-based bulk apply	Built in	Not the workflow
Sign-off pack per area	One email, one combined PDF	Per-document
Document control / correspondence	Out of scope	Core platform
Time to first signed ITP	Minutes	Implementation project
Pricing	Public AUD per project	Enterprise, on enquiry
Best buyer	Subcontractor / civil contractor	Tier-1 head contractor / principal

Comparison based on each product’s public positioning and HoldPoint’s own feature set. Last reviewed April 2026.

Pricing

How the two are priced.

HoldPoint: AUD $45/month per active project (1–5 projects), AUD $35/month thereafter. Projects are free until the first document is added. Aconex: pricing is enterprise, on enquiry, and typically project-scaled.

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FAQ

Common questions, answered.

Should I replace Aconex with HoldPoint?: Generally no — Aconex is usually the principal-mandated document control platform on tier-1 jobs and you can't unilaterally replace it. HoldPoint is the tool you use to actually author and sign the ITPs that then get transmitted into Aconex as PDFs.
Can HoldPoint output documents that go into Aconex?: Yes. Every approved document in HoldPoint becomes a branded audit-ready PDF that you can transmit into Aconex through the normal document control workflow. Sign-off packs produce a single combined PDF per area.
Why use HoldPoint if my project is on Aconex?: Because Aconex is built for document control, not ITP authoring. Authoring an ITP, applying hold points, capturing photos, getting the principal's representative to sign, and producing the final PDF is faster in HoldPoint. Once it's signed, the PDF goes into Aconex for the formal record.

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