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SCP-4562 Safe ~ medium confidence
SCP-4562
Expected annual
$976K
One-time setup
$578K
Annual recurring
$968K
Personnel
10
First-year setup costs are dominated by purchasing and installing a concert grand and constructing an acoustically isolated containment chamber; ongoing costs are dominated by staff wages (security and research/clinical) and recurring research/monitoring and liability/insurance expenses.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $578K
Equipment $313K
[#1, #2, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #14] Purchase Bösendorfer Model 290; specialized transport/installation; HVAC/humidification install; secure storage box; key-lock retrofit; access-control hardware; CCTV/audio/tamper sensors; initial secure data hardware; physiological monitoring equipment.
Facilities $200K
[#3] Build/retrofit standard large-item containment chamber with acoustic isolation, reinforced door, vestibule and tamper sensors.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $38K
[#13, #17, #26, #30] Psych-evaluation program setup and protocols; archival protection setup; containment protocol documentation development; decontamination/psychological clearing protocol development.
Background Checks Initial $15K
[#20] Initial background checks/security clearances for staff (~25 people).
Legal And Cover Setup $12K
[#19] One-time legal/cover-story/provenance documentation, appraisals and initial cover establishment.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $968K/yr
Staff Wages $690K/yr
[#10, #11, #12] Ongoing salaries/benefits: dedicated security staff (~6 guards incl. benefits), lead researcher + supporting researchers/technicians, on-call/part-time clinician salary portion.
Research And Monitoring $119K/yr
[#13, #15, #24, #8, #12] Annual research program budget including professional musician fees for sessions, program operations/psychometric operations, monitoring service/storage, and per-eval clinical testing costs.
Liability Reserve Contribution $50K/yr
[#27] Annual contribution to liability reserve / worker-compensation contingency fund.
Cover Story And Legal $40K/yr
[#19, #20, #23, #28] Recurring legal/cover maintenance, background-check renewals, insurance and appraisal premiums, public-relations/rapid-response retainer.
Emergency Psychiatric Response $30K/yr
[#21] Contingency budget for emergency psychiatric hospitalization/treatment and intensive therapy when incidents occur.
Supplies And Consumables $12K/yr
[#9, #14, #16, #17, #18, #29] Data/storage maintenance; monitoring calibration/disposables; tuning/maintenance; archival upkeep; PPE and consumables; replacement parts reserve.
Ethical Oversight $10K/yr
[#25] Ethical oversight and internal review board operations.
Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr
[#3, #22] Annual facility upkeep and utilities for containment chamber (includes recurring HVAC/energy/utilities for climate control).
Training And Drills $6K/yr
[#26] Recurring SOP refresher training and emergency drills for containment staff.
Decontamination Ops $4K/yr
[#30] Recurring operations for psychological debriefing/clearing protocols and handling of affected materials.
Access Control Support $1K/yr
[#7] Annual support/maintenance contract for biometric/badge/interlock systems.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $968K/yr
88.0% probability / year
Normal uneventful year with scheduled research, maintenance, and no major incidents.
routine_research scheduled_maintenance no_incidents
🚨 Minor Incident $1.0M/yr
10.0% probability / year +$40K vs baseline
Minor adverse event: subject requires hospitalization or short-term intensive therapy; small equipment repair and brief research pause.
subject_hospitalization minor_equipment_damage short_research_pause
🚨 Major Incident $1.2M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Severe incident: major psychiatric injury, extended hospitalization, legal/settlement costs, significant instrument repair or replacement, and PR/containment response.
severe_psychiatric_injury instrument_damage public_leak_or_liability_claim
👥 Personnel 10 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 6 [#10] Continuous watch; 2 guards per shift across three shifts (~6 personnel).
Research Scientist 1 [#11] One full-time Level 3 lead researcher.
Research Technician 2 [#11] One-to-two supporting researchers/technicians (two assumed).
Clinical Psychologist / Psychiatrist 1 [#12] On-call or part-time clinician to perform evaluations and monitoring.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide targeted ranges for nearly every line item and enable a midpoint estimate, but several recurring allocations (staff mixes, insurance, liability contributions, and incident costs) require assumptions, so confidence is medium.
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