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SCP-9293 Euclid ? low confidence
SCP-9293
Expected annual
$8.9M
One-time setup
$311.4M
Annual recurring
$6.6M
Personnel
15
One-time capital and stabilization works dominate costs (~$311M), with ongoing security, site staff and research/monitoring as the main recurring drivers (~$6.6M/yr).
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $311.4M
Facilities $184.0M
[#9, #10, #11, #12, #18] One-time structural works: temporary shoring, permanent stabilization/underpinning, containment superstructure, heavy-equipment mobilization/road reinforcement and utility rerouting; aggregated from individual estimates (mid-range sum).
Contingency Reserve $71.9M
[#25] Program-level contingency (30% of committed one-time plan) to cover unforeseen complexity and overruns as recommended (20–50%).
Property Acquisition $20.0M
[#4] Purchase/buyouts/eminent-domain and closing/legal fees to create a permanent buffer (aggregate midpoint estimate).
Collapse Contingency Reserve $20.0M
[#15] Emergency response and rapid-deploy reserve for sudden collapse: rescue teams, cleanup contracts and on-call heavy machinery.
Insurance Escrow Initial $5.0M
[#21] Initial escrow or self-insurance reserve for third-party liability or future claims.
Equipment $4.2M
[#7, #8, #22] Robotics/remote-sampling procurement, instrumentation & continuous monitoring system setup, and initial containment-grade PPE/tools purchase.
Waste Management And Hazard Remediation $2.5M
[#13] Debris handling, hazardous waste segregation and disposal fees for initial remediation/demolition of nearby structures.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $1.1M
[#6] Structural-engineering and geotechnical assessment, finite-element modelling and initial specialist consultant fees.
Initial Legal And Coverup $1.1M
[#5] Initial legal counsel, permitting, settlements and cover-story establishment costs.
Immediate Evacuation And Temporary Housing $550K
[#3] Evacuation, short-term sheltering, hotel stays, storage and relocation assistance for displaced households (initial cost).
Demolition Feasibility Study $550K
[#14] Feasibility study for partial/full removal of the cube (study only; full removal costs excluded here due to extreme scale).
Community Mitigation Initial $250K
[#19] Upfront payments to city, business compensation and initial PR/liaison office setup.
Data Management Initial $175K
[#20] Server hardware, secure comms and archival setup for high-resolution monitoring data.
Emergency Perimeter Lockdown $125K
[#1] Rapid-deploy fencing, signage, gate points and initial traffic-control staffing for immediate lockdown.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $6.6M/yr
Research And Monitoring $2.5M/yr
[#8, #17, #20, #23, #24] Ongoing instrumentation/data costs, dedicated scientific research program staffing and consumables, environmental sampling, data processing/storage subscriptions and travel/liaison.
Staff Wages $1.9M/yr
[#2, #16] 24/7 site security (guards + supervisor across shifts) and long-term site staff (site manager, engineers, maintenance crew) salaries, benefits and overtime.
Insurance Premiums $1.0M/yr
[#21] Recurring premiums or annual escrow provisioning for indemnity/third-party liability (commercial or internal self-insurance equivalent).
Facilities Maintenance $500K/yr
[#11, #12, #18] Ongoing upkeep of containment superstructure, periodic heavy-lift mobilization planning, road/utility patching and small structural maintenance.
Community Mitigation $300K/yr
[#19] Ongoing community compensation, schooling/municipal subsidies, liaison office operating costs and disruption mitigation.
Cover Story And Legal $200K/yr
[#5, #19] Ongoing legal counsel, municipal payments, cover-story maintenance and PR expenditures.
Logistics And Transport $100K/yr
[#12, #15] Annual logistics retainer for contractor mobilization, transport coordination and occasional heavy-lift rentals during short campaigns.
Supplies And Consumables $80K/yr
[#22] PPE replacement, decontamination consumables, grout/resin consumables and small tool replacement.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $6.6M/yr
92.0% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations, monitoring and staffing; no major incidents.
stable containment no structural failures routine research
🚨 Minor Incident $11.6M/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Localized partial collapse or acute structural concern requiring emergency stabilization and repairs.
small collapse or serious structural crack emergency shoring and debris removal
🚨 Major Collapse $156.6M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$150.0M vs baseline
Significant structural failure or uncontrolled collapse necessitating large-scale stabilization, debris management and potential large-scale legal/compensation payouts.
catastrophic partial/full collapse major neighboring property damage
🚨 Political Exposure $31.6M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline
Media/political leak or legal actions forcing accelerated buyouts, increased settlements and accelerated stabilization.
public exposure litigation and forced eminent-domain actions
👥 Personnel 15 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 10 [#2] 24/7 site security across three shifts (8–12 guards typical; modeled here as 10 guards including overhead).
Site Manager / Executive Staff 1 [#16] Single full-time site manager / coordinator overseeing containment, contractors and community relations.
Engineer / Maintenance 3 [#16, #12] Full-time engineers/maintenance crew to monitor systems, perform routine shoring, and coordinate heavy-equipment operations.
Administrative Staff 1 [#5, #19] Administrative/liaison staff handling legal coordination, municipal liaison and cover-story logistics.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are order-of-magnitude with wide ranges in analyst notes and large uncertainty around chosen containment strategy, local property values, and the object's anomalous behaviour; many line items (e.g., full removal) have extreme upper bounds that are scenario-dependent.
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