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?

Plans start at $59 AUD a month and are set by team size and live jobs: Starter covers up to 3 team members who can edit and 2 live jobs, Team is $149 a month for up to 10 and 6 live jobs, and Business is $249 a month for up to 20 and 15 live jobs. Enterprise for head contractors is quoted from $499 a month. Archiving a finished job frees its slot and keeps its signed PDFs free to download, viewers are free, and builders, clients and certifiers sign without an account.

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 QA generate ITP PDFs automatically?

Yes. When an ITP is approved, HoldPoint QA 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 QA?

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

Can HoldPoint QA output documents that go into Aconex?

Yes. Every approved document in HoldPoint QA 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 QA 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 QA. Once it's signed, the PDF goes into Aconex for the formal record.

HoldPoint QA vs Aconex (Oracle)

HoldPoint QA vs Aconex

Aconex is enterprise document control. HoldPoint QA 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 QA is the ITP authoring and sign-off product subcontractors run alongside it, producing the audit-ready PDFs that get filed into Aconex.

Pick HoldPoint QA 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.
Public monthly 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 QA vs Aconex, dimension by dimension.

Dimension	HoldPoint QA	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, per company (AUD)	Enterprise, on enquiry
Best buyer	Subcontractor / civil contractor	Tier-1 head contractor / principal
GPS + weather captured at sign-off	Built in (printed on every approved ITP PDF	Out of scope) Aconex is document control

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

Pricing

How the two are priced.

HoldPoint QA: Priced per company by team size and live jobs. Starter is AUD $59/month for up to 3 team members who can edit and 2 live jobs, Team AUD $149/month for up to 10 and 6 live jobs, Business AUD $249/month for up to 20 and 15 live jobs, and Enterprise is quoted from AUD $499/month. Archiving a finished job frees its slot and keeps its signed PDFs free to download, viewers are free, and external signers never need an account. Aconex: pricing is enterprise, on enquiry, and typically project-scaled.

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FAQ

Common questions, answered.

Should I replace Aconex with HoldPoint QA?: Generally no: Aconex is usually the principal-mandated document control platform on tier-1 jobs and you can't unilaterally replace it. HoldPoint QA is the tool you use to actually author and sign the ITPs that then get transmitted into Aconex as PDFs.
Can HoldPoint QA output documents that go into Aconex?: Yes. Every approved document in HoldPoint QA 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 QA 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 QA. Once it's signed, the PDF goes into Aconex for the formal record.

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