SCP-5680
Edifice
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medium confidence
SCP-5680
Expected annual
$2.0M
One-time setup
$2.2M
Annual recurring
$2.0M
Personnel
24
Initial capital and site setup are dominated by land acquisition, guard infrastructure, and contingency/reserve funds (~$2.19M one-time). Recurring annual costs are driven by security staffing, research staffing, and operations/communications (~$1.96M/yr).
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $2.2M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $2.0M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$2.0M/yr
Normal year with steady-state operations, no major incidents or remediation required.
no breach
routine maintenance and collections
standard research workload
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Minor Incident
$2.1M/yr
Small containment incident or localized contamination requiring overtime, localized cleanup, extra testing and PR/liaison costs.
localized contamination
small breach
heightened local attention requiring liaison
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Major Breach
$3.2M/yr
Significant breach or detection of environmental contamination requiring large-scale remediation, mobilization, and use of contingency funds.
mass contamination around acid bath
major security breach
large-scale remediation/evacuation
Personnel
24 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 13 | Primary on-site guards: 3on-site per shift × 3 shifts with multiplier ≈1.4 → ~12–13 FTEs; wages included in staff_wages [#8]. |
| Security Supervisor / Site Security Lead | 2 | Shift supervisors/site security leads included in security staffing budget [#8]. |
| Research Scientist | 3 | Research staff (pathologists/biologists) covered under research_and_monitoring budget [#24]. |
| Research Technician / Lab Technician | 2 | Lab technicians supporting sampling and pathology; costs included in research_and_monitoring [#24, #23]. |
| Driver / Logistics Operator | 1 | Dedicated semitrailer driver for biweekly collections; operations costs in logistics_and_transport [#15, #16]. |
| Engineer / Maintenance | 1 | Facilities/ machinery maintenance and spare parts management; costs reflected in spare_parts_and_maintenance [#25]. |
| Medical Officer / Occupational Health | 1 | Medical surveillance and psychological support coordination; costs in psychological_and_medical [#32]. |
| Administrative Staff | 1 | Recordkeeping, audits, secure communications and administrative overhead included in records_and_administrative [#30]. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges for nearly all costs, improving certainty for routine expenditures; however substantial uncertainty remains in remediation, environmental cleanup, and political/legal variables, which can spike costs by orders of magnitude.