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Cost Estimation & Business Case
AI-Driven Safety Analytics Platform · Talvera NRIO · Meridian Engagement
Total Estimated Cost
$2,390,000
All categories combined
— Baseline
Total Capex
$820,000
Infrastructure & non-recurring
↓ 34.3% of total
Total Opex
$1,570,000
Labor & recurring costs
65.7% of total
Net Cash Flow (3-yr)
+$4,850,000
Revenue + Savings − Cost
↑ 340% ROI
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Estimated Project Costs
Labor and non-labor expenditures · FY25
Total Cost
$2,390,000
Labor Costs $1,570,000
Name / Role
Justification
Year
Amount
Classification
Senior Cloud Architect
Infrastructure design, AWS/Azure provisioning & oversight
FY25
$240,000
IoT Data Engineer
Sensor pipeline build, data ingestion layer & ETL scripting
FY25
$195,000
Frontend Engineer 2 × FTE
Analytics dashboard UI, executive views & component library
FY25
$310,000
HIPAA Compliance Specialist
Regulatory audit, compliance documentation & sign-off
FY25
$145,000
Meridian Project Management
Engagement lead, delivery oversight & steering committee liaison
FY25
$280,000
Non-Labor Costs $820,000
Item
Justification
Year
Amount
Classification
Azure Cloud Infrastructure
VM instances, storage, networking & managed services (Phase 1)
FY25
$320,000
ML Model Training Compute
GPU cluster hours for predictive risk model training
FY25
$180,000
Software Licences & SaaS
Trmeric platform, monitoring tools, security scanning (annual)
FY25
$120,000
Training & Change Management
Site safety team training, adoption workshops & materials
FY25
$60,000
✦ Tango Azure Cloud Infrastructure (additional)
Recommends $45,000 based on similar architecture patterns in 3 comparable projects
FY25
$45,000
Labor subtotal $1,570,000 Non-labor subtotal $820,000 Total $2,390,000
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Revenue Uplift
Projected incremental revenue enabled by the platform
Total Uplift
+$4,200,000
Category / Initiative
Justification
Year
Amount
Reduced safety incident downtime
Proactive detection reduces Tier 2 incidents; saves 14 × $60K avg cost per event
FY26
+$820,000
Regulatory fine avoidance
Automated compliance documentation prevents avg $400K fine per Tier 1 incident
FY26
+$1,200,000
Platform licensing (3rd-party sites)
Revenue from licensing platform to 3 non-Talvera NRIO mining operators at $420K/yr
FY27
+$2,180,000
Total Revenue Uplift +$4,200,000
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Operational Efficiency Gains
Cost savings from automation and productivity improvements
Total Savings
+$3,040,000
Category / Initiative
Justification
Year
Amount
Automated compliance reporting
Removes 2 FTE-equivalent manual analyst workload ($180K/FTE/yr)
FY26
+$360,000
Analyst productivity (data prep time)
Reduces analyst data prep from 60% → 15% of time; 4 analysts freed for value work
FY26
+$680,000
Insurance premium reduction
Documented AI safety monitoring yields 8% reduction in liability premium (3-yr)
FY26–27
+$2,000,000
Total Efficiency Gains +$3,040,000
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