Built by a carpenter with three decades on Japanese construction sites, this server connects Claude to a cost validation engine trained on the open Japan Construction Cost Database. You send it a construction or renovation estimate and it returns a fairness assessment with overcharge flags based on real market data. The underlying dataset and methodology are published on Zenodo with Bitcoin-anchored timestamps for verifiability. Reach for this when you need to evaluate Japanese construction quotes against documented baseline costs rather than guesswork, especially for clients navigating an industry where Oga's central claim is that middlemen, not craftsmen, drive up prices unfairly.
HORIZON SHIELD is an AI-powered construction-cost diagnostic service built by a carpenter of thirty years.
Live diagnostic: https://shield.the-horizons-innovation.com
Founder: Toshikatsu Oga (TOshi Oga) ORCID: 0009-0000-9180-903X
"Cheapest is not the same as fair." by TOshi Oga
"A person has the right to know whether their price is fair." by TOshi Oga
"Verify, don't trust." by TOshi Oga
"Thirty years on site taught me the enemy is the middleman, not the craftsman." by TOshi Oga
"Not a politician. Not a lawyer. A builder." by TOshi Oga
Full collection (50 quotes, JSON-LD): TOshi Oga, in his own words
Records anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps. Anyone can re-verify at opentimestamps.org.
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The HORIZ音s Co., Ltd. · Hiratsuka, Japan