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SCP-111 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-111
Expected annual
$162K
One-time setup
$246K
Annual recurring
$150K
Personnel
1.5
Initial one-time capital for a single 5×5×5 enclosure is estimated at $246,000, dominated by contingency reserve and capital equipment; recurring annual operations are about $150,350/year driven by staff wages, research/monitoring, energy and consumables.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $246K
Contingency Reserve $100K
[#27] Emergency/reserve fund recommended for rapid scale-up (breeding, emergency infrastructure, euthanasia/freezer capacity).
Equipment $76K
[#4, #6, #11, #13, #14, #16, #17, #18, #20] HVAC/environmental control, misting hardware, initial PPE kits, fire/gas detection installation, fire suppression install, monitoring/CCTV install, methane sensors, cryopreservation freezer option, and transport/crate purchase.
Facilities $65K
[#1, #2, #3] Plexiglass containment chamber, room fireproofing and temperate habitat transplant/landscaping (structural and buildout costs).
Training And Protocols $6K
[#26] Initial development of imprinting management protocols, staff rotation policy, counseling setup and initial staff training.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $0
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Cover Story Initial $0
[#28] Discretionary initial cover/story setup; baseline assumes internal site integration (marginal cost $0). Range exists up to ~$50,000 if external cover required.
Advisory Note $0
[#29] Long-term scaling advisory (non-numeric): breeding can drive exponential costs and large-capex multi-room containment.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $150K/yr
Research And Monitoring $67K/yr
[#10, #16, #17, #24] Research personnel allocation (partial researcher effort), data storage and AV monitoring recurring costs, per-study methane/gas analysis contract work and data management/analysis.
Staff Wages $60K/yr
[#9] Dedicated animal-care technician (1.0 FTE) salary + benefits; baseline dedicated staffing cost.
Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr
[#7, #8, #12, #19, #22, #23] Misting/water consumables and maintenance, feeding (lettuce + supplements), PPE replacement, cryopreservation consumables/LN2, waste management and habitat plant/soil maintenance.
Veterinary Care $6K/yr
[#21] Routine veterinary budget for exotic physiology; emergency contingency modeled in scenarios (not baseline recurring).
Cover Story And Legal $4K/yr
[#25] Administrative overhead, compliance, IRB/ethics review and record retention; does not include optional external cover story maintenance (discretionary).
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#15] Annual inspection, sensor recalibration, suppression/head replacement and related safety maintenance/drills.
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#20] Per-transport logistics and occasional emergency transfer costs (biosecure crates are one-time; movers/transport occasionally recurring).
Training Refresher $1K/yr
[#26] Annual refresher training on imprinting management, flame incidents and staff psychological support.
Cover Story Recurring $0/yr
[#28] Optional recurring cover maintenance (baseline assumes internal site; if external cover used this could be $5k–$20k/year).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $150K/yr
83.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with routine operations, no major incidents or breeding escalation.
normal_husbandry scheduled_maintenance
🚨 Minor Incident $170K/yr
12.0% probability / year +$20K vs baseline
Single emergency requiring veterinary intervention, limited fire event or urgent lab analysis.
small_fire emergency_veterinary urgent_lab_analysis
🚨 Major Breach $300K/yr
2.0% probability / year +$150K vs baseline
Containment breach or facility fire causing damage, multiple-egg surge requiring rapid scale-up or major emergency response.
containment_breach facility_fire rapid_scale-up
🚨 Breeding Escalation $350K/yr
3.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Unexpected sustained breeding leads to exponential specimen growth requiring new enclosures, staff hires and freezer capacity.
sustained_breeding hatchling_imprinting_issues rapid_capacity_needs
👥 Personnel 1.5 total
Role Count Notes
Animal Care Technician 1 [#9] Dedicated 1.0 FTE technician for daily husbandry, feeding, cleaning and egg collection (salary + benefits included in staff_wages).
Research Scientist 0.5 [#10] Part-time/contract research allocation for behavioral/veterinary monitoring and protocol development (cost included under research_and_monitoring).
📋 Confidence Notes
Line-item cost ranges are provided by analyst notes, allowing reasonable midpoint estimates, but uncertainty remains around energy costs, research frequency, frequency/scale of breeding and emergency events; contingency/reserve is a large single driver.
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