Hold point
A hold point is a defined step in an inspection and test plan beyond which work must not proceed until a nominated party has inspected it and released the hold. A witness point is the weaker version: the party is notified and may attend, but work proceeds whether or not they do.
Quality-management language used the same way worldwide, from ISO 9001 and from the inspection and test plans on infrastructure and industrial jobs. Common on any pour, any weld, anything that is about to be covered up.
The classic hold point is the pre-pour check: reinforcement cover, chairs, formwork, before concrete hides all of it. A hold point waved through because the pump was booked is how a non-conformance becomes a demolition. The record has to show who released it and when.
How IssuesId holds it
A question on an IssuesId checklist can be marked as a hold point. The checklist page shows a marker while a hold point is outstanding, the organisation-wide list of checklists flags every open hold point across every project, and a subcontractor’s share link only reaches the questions between the last released hold point and the next one.
Two questions people ask
Definitions describe common usage and the usual shape of standard-form contracts. Your contract and your jurisdiction’s building law set the terms that apply to your job. The whole list is at the glossary.