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Tour various Vault Sites and the Hemet facility
by Tom C
Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 3:37 AM
Tour various Vault Sites and the Hemet facility
BOLDFACE Empahsis is mine Question 3-f
As required on part II of the schedule A, Form990, please name the 5 highest paid service providers and list the amounts paid to them by scientology-related organizations, in calendar years 1989, 1990 and 1991. "Service Providers", for purpose of this questions 3-f, excludes all scientology-related organizations and individuals (including but not limited to individuals listed in response to Question 3A-c (i) - (iii) below). To identify the service providers to be listed, please aggregate all payments from all scientology-related organizations. Please explain the services and purposes for which payment was made and separately list each payor and the amount paid.
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Following is the list of the 5 highest paid service providers for each of the calendar years 1989, 1990 and 1991.
This information was gathered from all major scientology-related organizations including US Class V Churches and the larger US missions. While the church does not maintain service provider compensation information in centrally located files, we believe that we have compiled materially complete aggregate payment figures.
YEAR 1989
WILLIAM KANAYAN CONSTRUCTION
$2,592,750.31 CST
William Kanayan Construction built several buildings and CST's central repository and archival production facility in Southern California. CST is engaged in an enormous project to preserve the scientology scriptures for all time. To date CST has spent over $52,000,000.00 on these projects and expect to spend another $114,000,000.00 in the next 5 years to complete the current phase of its program. Many of the archival scriptures are produced, assembled, packaged and staged at the Mile High facility in buildings especially constructed by William Kanayan Construction. One of them is a four story production bjuilding. (Exhibit binder, III-3-e, Photos A1-A9). Preservations activities conducted in this building include preserving the scriptures on etched stainless steel plates. Scritures are also reproduced and protected in such media as archival laser disks and copper records protected by nickel coating. The archival scriptures are then placed in capsules made of pure indefinate life titanium. (These were shown to you during our October 1991 presentation of SCT's activities and the wherewithal and materials it uses for preservation and storage) (Photos A10-A17)
The vault at Mile High is an underground facility that protects the original scriptures from any conceivable environmental hazard or act of war. It consists of two 100 foot long heavy gauge steel underground structures which provide maximum protection against earthquakes and which are fully conditioned for both temperature and humidity so as to maintain perfect storage conditions for the priceless originals stored in the vaults. (Photos A18-A31)
DENMAN & ASSOC., INC.
$2,509,692.57 CST
During the 1980's CST constructed a 700 foot tunnel vault in New Mexico. The vault was designed and built to last a minimum of 1,000 years. It is a rock tunnel, constructed by drilling and blasting, which has high strength concrete floors and walls made of high durability and water resistant materials. The tunnel finish is gunnite followed by troweled lime for long term durability, followed by a spray applied layer of acrylic marble dust mixture for extreme hardness and water resistance, followed by three coats of polyurethane paint. Several complete sets of the archival scriptrues will be stored in this vault. In order to maintain this facility and to properly protect and service the vault and its contents, it was necessary for Denman and Associates, Inc. to construct ancillary facilities to support the vault, such as miles of roads, utility lines, gatekeeper/material receiving building and maintenance structures. (Exhibit B1-B27)
NEILSEN CONSTRUCTION
$2,344,415,98 CSI
In 1989 Neilsen Construction was involved in major construction and renovations projects at Gilman Hot Springs related to Golden Era Productions. These included a large building for the Golden Era Productions which includes manufacturing facilities for the reproductions of Mr. Hubbards taped lectures on Dianetics and scientology and for the Hubbard Electrometer. (See photos C1-C8) The communal dining hall and kithcen facilities for the 700 Sea Org members at Gilman Hot Springs also underwent extensive renovations. (See photos C9-C15).
IGSS INC.
$2,106,725.03 CST
In order to better guarantee the preservation of the scientology scriptures against large scale disasters, a variety of vault sites have to be established. Therefore, in northern California a horizontal underground vault has been constructed in addition to the Mile High and the New Mexico facilities. This additional vault consists of two levels, each 372 feet long, which are covered up with 30 feet of earth. This facility, too, is designed to remain safe and accessible for 1,000 years without maintenance. The uniquely segmented structure can withstand earthquakes of up to 8.5 Richeter magnitude without rupture. Each of the 542 segments was individually constructed of 8 inch thick high-strength concrete completely encased with a 1/4 inch thick, continuously welded steel plate. When assembled, the vault segments formed over 55.8 linear miles of joints which were bolted together and sealed with material allowing for utmost flexibility. this construction, which took one year to design, was created by IGSS Inc. (Exhibits D1-D15). Like the New Mexico facility mentioned above, the vault will contain several complete sets of scriptures preserved on the most durable and longest lasting materials known to man at this time. (Exhibit C16)
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