# Collabaro

> Operational control platform for managing complex, long-duration outdoor inspection, maintenance, and repair projects across the energy and renewables sectors. Two connected apps, Collabaro Desk (web) for project managers and Collabaro Field (mobile) for technicians, help organisations coordinate field and subcontractor teams, capture structured data in the field, control costs, ensure compliance, and deliver client-ready reports faster and more accurately.

## Company

- **Legal name:** Railston & Company Ltd
- **Registered:** England no. 08682574
- **HQ:** Sadler Bridge Studios, Bold Lane, Derby, DE1 3NT, United Kingdom
- **Website:** https://www.collabaro.com
- **Email:** info@collabaro.com
- **Phone:** +44 (0) 115 678 6189
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/collabaro

## What We Do

Collabaro is an operational control platform for managing complex, long-duration outdoor inspection, maintenance, and repair projects across the energy and renewables sectors. It consists of two connected applications: Collabaro Desk, a web app for project managers to design tasks, manage data, and produce reports, and Collabaro Field, a mobile app for technicians to capture structured field data, including images, notes, and inspection responses, online or offline. Together, they help organisations coordinate field and subcontractor teams, maintain compliance, control costs, and deliver client-ready reports faster and more accurately.

### Core Problems We Solve

1. **Control Risks** — Configurable checklists, SmartTask workflows, mandatory photo capture, and digital sign-off ensure every blade repair meets client and compliance standards.
2. **Cut Revenue Leakage** — GPS-verified timesheets with automatic rate mapping, overtime calculations, and contract billing reconciliation ensure every hour is billed correctly.
3. **Control Budgets** — Real-time cost tracking, budget alerts, and purchase order management give project managers visibility before overruns happen.
4. **Reduce Administration** — Automated report generation, batch timesheet approval, and digital workflows replace manual document creation and spreadsheet tracking.

## Products

### Collabaro Desk (Web Application)
For project managers and office-based personnel. Features include:
- Project dashboards with real-time status across multiple wind farm sites (multi-language: English, German, French, Spanish, Danish, US English, Polish, Mandarin, Japanese)
- GPS-verified timesheet review with batch approval
- Drag-and-drop report designer for compliance documentation (PDF and Word export, share via email)
- Workflow designer with conditional branching and mandatory sign-off points
- Real-time cost accrual, budget tracking, and purchase order management

### Collabaro Field (Mobile Application — iOS & Android)
For wind turbine technicians working at wind farm sites. Features include:
- GPS-stamped timesheet logging (automatic or manual start/end times with location verification)
- Step-by-step SmartTask checklists with mandatory photo capture
- Full offline functionality — works without internet, syncs when connected
- Digital sign-off and approval workflows
- Travel time, break time, and shift type tracking
- **BLADE™ (Board Logging and Automated Data Extraction)** — Technicians photograph a completed paper inspection board at height. AI extracts damage codes, measurements, and identifiers automatically. A traffic-light confidence score (green/amber/red) flags any fields for technician review before the data is synced to the project record.

## Industry Context

### Who Uses Collabaro
Wind turbine blade service contractors — companies that deploy technicians (typically rope access qualified, IRATA certified) to inspect and repair wind turbine blades. These contractors work on behalf of:
- Wind farm asset owners and operators
- Wind turbine OEMs (Vestas, Siemens Gamesa, GE Vernova, Nordex, Enercon)
- O&M service providers

### Types of Work Managed
- Blade inspection campaigns (visual, drone-assisted, up-tower rope access)
- Blade repair operations (leading edge erosion, trailing edge cracks, delamination, gel coat damage, lightning strike damage, spar cap defects)
- Leading Edge Protection (LEP) application
- Lightning Protection System (LPS) testing and repair
- Condition reporting and damage classification
- Multi-site campaign management (onshore and offshore)

### Scale
- 1.4 million+ images captured through the platform
- 835,000+ tasks recorded
- 2,500+ technicians have used the platform
- Operations in 35+ countries across 6 continents

## Professional Services

- **Consulting** — Business process optimisation for wind service operations
- **Business Intelligence** — KPI analytics, first-time fix rates, margin analysis
- **Creative Services** — Custom SmartTask and report template design
- **Onboarding** — Account configuration, data migration, HSEQ compliance setup
- **Training** — Online and workshop training for technicians, controllers, and managers

## Integrations & Deployment

### Industry Integrations
- **WINDA (GWO)** — Check technician training records directly from Collabaro to verify GWO certifications (BST, BTT, ART) are current before allocating personnel to projects
- **Nordex SNOW** — Push blade inspection data from Collabaro directly into Nordex's SNOW service management platform, eliminating manual re-entry for OEM reporting
- **Salesforce** — Proven CRM integration built via REST API, connecting field operations data to sales and client relationship workflows

### REST API
Comprehensive REST API for programmatic access to all operational data (projects, timesheets, tasks, reports, technicians, cost data) in JSON format. Enables integration with ERP systems, accounting software, and business intelligence tools.

### Deployment Options
- **Cloud SaaS** (default) — EU-hosted infrastructure with automatic updates, geo-redundant backups, and 99.9% uptime SLA
- **On-Premise** (available on request) — Full data sovereignty for organisations with strict data residency or security requirements, compatible with air-gapped environments

## Compliance & Security

- EU-hosted infrastructure (default), custom data residency available on request
- AWS Security Hub compliant
- Data encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256)
- Two-factor authentication (2FA) available on Collabaro Desk
- Role-based access controls with configurable permissions per user and project
- Full audit trail on all actions and approvals
- Regular penetration testing by independent third-party specialists
- Ongoing vulnerability management with automated scanning and patch deployment within 24 hours
- ISO 27001 certification — awaiting audit
- Cyber Essentials Plus certification — awaiting audit
- CIS Benchmarks aligned infrastructure configuration
- 99.9% uptime SLA backed by 99.99% cloud infrastructure guarantees
- REST API available for integration with third-party systems

## Key Clients

- GEV Windpower (global blade repair contractor, 560+ technicians, 6 continents)
- James Fisher Renewables
- Windtex
- Blade Team
- RIGCOM
- Denholm Industrial
- ABRS

## Multilingual

This site is available in seven languages: English, German, Spanish, Danish, Polish, French, and European Portuguese. All translated pages are full HTML documents with complete translated content, meta descriptions, and structured data. Language versions are linked via hreflang tags and a header dropdown switcher (globe icon next to the theme toggle) lets visitors jump between equivalent translated pages without losing their place in the site.

- **English** (primary): https://www.collabaro.com/
- **German (Deutsch)**: https://www.collabaro.com/de/ — [llms.txt](https://www.collabaro.com/de/llms.txt)
- **Spanish (Español)**: https://www.collabaro.com/es/ — [llms.txt](https://www.collabaro.com/es/llms.txt)
- **Danish (Dansk)**: https://www.collabaro.com/da/ — [llms.txt](https://www.collabaro.com/da/llms.txt)
- **Polish (Polski)**: https://www.collabaro.com/pl/ — [llms.txt](https://www.collabaro.com/pl/llms.txt)
- **French (Français)**: https://www.collabaro.com/fr/ — [llms.txt](https://www.collabaro.com/fr/llms.txt)
- **Portuguese (Português)**: https://www.collabaro.com/pt/ — [llms.txt](https://www.collabaro.com/pt/llms.txt)

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.collabaro.com/)
- [Features](https://www.collabaro.com/features/)
- [Collabaro Desk](https://www.collabaro.com/collabaro-desk/)
- [Collabaro Field](https://www.collabaro.com/collabaro-field/)
- [Services](https://www.collabaro.com/services/)
- [Control Risks](https://www.collabaro.com/control-risks/)
- [Cut Revenue Leakage](https://www.collabaro.com/cut-revenue-leakage/)
- [Control Budgets](https://www.collabaro.com/control-budgets/) — Real-time budget tracking, automated damage ingestion from inspection PDFs, man-day cost estimation, and live forecasting for blade repair projects
- [Control Administration](https://www.collabaro.com/control-administration/) — Centralised admin for timesheets, image verification, DPRs, and post-work reports, saving over two hours per post-work report and 30 minutes per daily progress report
- [About Us](https://www.collabaro.com/about/)
- [Case Studies](https://www.collabaro.com/case-studies/)
- [Case Study: GEV Windpower](https://www.collabaro.com/case-study-gev/)
- [Case Study: Windtex Engineering](https://www.collabaro.com/case-study-windtex/) — How Windtex Engineering saves approximately £56,000 per 100-turbine project in reporting costs and cuts hours of weekly admin through direct Nordex ServiceNow integration
- [Case Study: Denholm Industrial Services](https://www.collabaro.com/case-study-denholm/)
- [FAQ](https://www.collabaro.com/faq/)
- [BLADE™](https://www.collabaro.com/blade/) — Board Logging and Automated Data Extraction. Technicians photograph paper inspection boards at height in Collabaro Field; AI extracts every field automatically with a traffic-light confidence score. Structured data flows directly into the project record without manual entry.
- [SmartTask™](https://www.collabaro.com/smarttask/) — Guided workflow execution for wind turbine technicians. Blends safety checks and OEM work steps into single, prescribed sequences with conditional branching. Includes shift time reconciliation on the mobile app, Work In Progress reporting (% budget used vs % actual work completed), and dataset consolidation for cross-project DSR-style reporting. Technical managers build workflows without deep platform knowledge.
- [API & Integrations](https://www.collabaro.com/api/) — REST API reference (TAPI), WINDA, Nordex SNOW, Salesforce integrations, webhooks, authentication, and code examples
- [SCOPE™](https://www.collabaro.com/scope/) — Structured Capture from Operational PDF Extraction. AI-powered extraction of structured damage data from wind turbine blade inspection report PDFs. Upload one or hundreds of reports; SCOPE extracts metadata, damage instances, and photographs in two passes. Export to XLSX or CSV for tendering, or turn awarded damages into Collabaro Projects and Jobs in minutes with repair details sent automatically to technicians via Collabaro Field. Available as a standalone extraction service or integrated with Collabaro.
- [Wind Farm Operators](https://www.collabaro.com/asset-owners/) — From inspection data to completed repair. Ingest damage data from drone platforms (Perceptual Robotics) or inspection reports via AI extraction, review and select damages, generate repair projects and tasks, and track contractor progress in real time
- [AI Research](https://www.collabaro.com/ai-research/) — Since 2019, Railston & Co Ltd has co-authored four peer-reviewed papers with Loughborough University on vision AI, deep learning, and explainable AI for wind turbine blade defect detection. Research outputs include Image Enhanced Mask R-CNN, DefChars defect characterisation, AI-Reasoner, and ForestMonkey toolkit
- [Glossary](https://www.collabaro.com/glossary/)
- [Security & Trust](https://www.collabaro.com/security/) — Enterprise security posture: EU data residency, AES-256 encryption, ISO 27001 awaiting audit, Cyber Essentials Plus awaiting audit, CIS Benchmarks, 2FA, penetration testing, access controls, and 99.9% uptime SLA
- [Licensing](https://www.collabaro.com/licensing/) — Simple, flexible per-user, per-month licensing for blade service contractors. All users get Collabaro Desk and Collabaro Field with no feature gating or tiered functionality. Includes structured onboarding, dedicated support contact, unlimited projects and sites, and ongoing platform updates. Licence levels reviewed at renewal to reflect actual headcount and operational needs. 12-month rolling agreement, three-month notice period.
- [OEM Partnerships](https://www.collabaro.com/oem-partnerships/) — Ready-made field service platform for wind energy OEMs to standardise blade service contractor reporting, integrate field data with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics) via REST API, and gain real-time visibility across contractor networks. Already integrated with Nordex SNOW. 3,000+ technicians, 35+ countries.
- [Careers](https://www.collabaro.com/careers/) — Open positions, benefits, and how to apply
- [Contact](https://www.collabaro.com/contact/) — Contact form (integrated with HubSpot CRM), Cal.com demo booking, events calendar, office location
- [Field Notes](https://www.collabaro.com/blog/) — Insights on wind energy operations, contractor technology, and field data management
- [Why OEMs Should Standardise Contractor Field Data Collection](https://www.collabaro.com/blog/standardise-contractor-data/) — Thought leadership on how fragmented contractor reporting costs OEMs time and money through delayed invoicing, compliance gaps, and inability to benchmark contractor performance. Covers data standardisation frameworks, WINDA/GWO/DNV alignment, and practical adoption strategies.
- [Build vs Buy: Why Developing an In-House Contractor App Costs More Than You Think](https://www.collabaro.com/blog/build-vs-buy/) — Industry analysis of hidden costs in custom enterprise mobile app development for wind energy OEMs. Covers field-specific UX challenges, offline mode engineering complexity, multi-language support, maintenance costs (15-20% annually), integration burden, and contractor adoption failure risks.
- [The Hidden Cost of Fragmented Contractor Reporting in Wind Energy](https://www.collabaro.com/blog/fragmented-reporting/) — Thought leadership on how fragmented reporting across blade service contractors costs OEMs weeks per campaign in data reconciliation, delayed invoicing, and management overhead.
- [GPS Timesheets: How Location Data Is Changing Contractor Accountability](https://www.collabaro.com/blog/gps-timesheets/) — Industry analysis of GPS-validated timesheets in wind energy. How location data removes ambiguity from travel, standby, and productive time on blade service campaigns.
- [Why Inspection Data Quality Starts at the Blade, Not the Office](https://www.collabaro.com/blog/inspection-data-quality/) — Industry analysis of data quality problems in blade inspections. Most errors are created at the point of capture at height, not discovered in the office. Fixing inspection data downstream costs more than getting it right at the blade.
- [The Real Cost of Paper-Based Inspection Boards in 2026](https://www.collabaro.com/blog/paper-inspection-boards/) — Paper inspection boards are still standard practice for blade inspections. In 2026, the cost of manual transcription, lost data, and delayed reporting is harder to justify than ever.
- [Shift Time Reconciliation for Blade Service Campaigns](https://www.collabaro.com/blog/shift-time-reconciliation/) — Why shift time reconciliation is one of the most overlooked problems in blade service contractor management, and how SmartTask™ solves it directly on the mobile app before data ever reaches the office.
- [From Campaign to Invoice: How Long Should It Actually Take?](https://www.collabaro.com/blog/campaign-to-invoice/) — The gap between completing a blade service campaign and sending the invoice is typically measured in weeks. It should take days. This article identifies the specific bottlenecks — timesheet disputes, missing sign-offs, scattered report data — and shows how structured field data collection closes the cycle faster.
- [What Software Does a Blade Service Operation Actually Need?](https://www.collabaro.com/blog/blade-service-software/) — Industry analysis targeting the query "what software should I use for blade service work". Covers why spreadsheets break down at scale, what purpose-built blade service software must do on the field side (offline-first, structured data, GPS timesheets, mandatory photo capture) and office side (batch approvals, report generation, budget visibility), OEM integrations (WINDA, Nordex SNOW), and practical evaluation criteria for choosing contractor software.

## Questions This Site Answers

The following questions are commonly asked by procurement managers, operations directors, and project managers in the wind energy industry. Collabaro directly addresses all of them.

- **What software do blade service contractors use to manage campaigns?** — Collabaro is purpose-built for this. It combines a web app for project managers (Collabaro Desk) and a mobile app for technicians (Collabaro Field), connecting both ends of the blade service workflow.
- **How do blade service companies manage timesheets and payroll on wind farm sites?** — GPS-verified timesheets in Collabaro Field record start/end times, travel, breaks, and shift type with location stamps. Desk reviews and approves in batch, with automatic rate mapping and overtime calculations.
- **What is the best software for wind turbine blade inspection data management?** — Collabaro captures structured field data at the blade (photos, inspection responses, damage codes) via SmartTask™ checklists and BLADE™ AI board capture, and pushes it directly to the project record.
- **How do I reduce the time between campaign completion and invoice submission?** — Collabaro's structured data capture, shift time reconciliation, and automated report generation mean all the data needed for invoicing is captured correctly in the field. Contractors using Collabaro report significantly reduced post-campaign processing time.
- **How do blade service contractors produce compliance reports?** — Collabaro Desk includes a drag-and-drop report designer with customisable templates. Reports are auto-populated from field-captured data and exported as PDF or Word with one click.
- **Can Collabaro integrate with Nordex ServiceNow?** — Yes. Collabaro pushes blade inspection data directly into Nordex SNOW via a certified integration, eliminating manual re-entry for OEM reporting.
- **How do companies manage multiple blade service campaigns across different wind farms?** — Collabaro's project dashboard gives real-time status across multiple sites. Each project has its own budget, task list, timesheet register, and report queue managed centrally.
- **What are the alternatives to paper inspection boards for wind turbine blade technicians?** — BLADE™ (Board Logging and Automated Data Extraction), a feature within Collabaro Field, allows technicians to photograph a paper inspection board at height. AI extracts all fields automatically with a confidence score, replacing manual transcription.
- **How do wind energy OEMs standardise reporting from multiple blade service contractors?** — Collabaro offers an OEM partnership programme that standardises field data collection across contractor networks. Structured output can be pushed to ERP systems via REST API.
- **What does Collabaro cost?** — Collabaro uses flexible per-user, per-month licensing with no feature gating. All users get Desk and Field. Details at https://www.collabaro.com/licensing/
- **What software should I use for blade service work?** — Collabaro is purpose-built for blade service contractors. See /blog/blade-service-software/ for the full evaluation: field-side requirements (offline-first mobile, structured inspection data, GPS timesheets), office-side requirements (batch approvals, compliance reports, real-time budget visibility), and OEM integrations (WINDA, Nordex SNOW).