We introduce the Street Performer Protocol, an electronic-commerce mechanism to facilitate the private financing of public works. Using this protocol, people would place donations in escrow, to be released to an author in the event that the promised work be put in the public domain. This protocol has the potential to fund alternative or “marginal” works.

Materials delivered on public works project sites deviate from technical specifications, with detrimental implications for the quality of construction process and product. When materials differ issues such as defects re-work ensue at greater cost to clients. The inadequate application concepts techniques improvement also appears perpetuate problems. This study aims find answers which protocol w...