Imagine trying to make bread by baking each ingredient separately, first you put the flour in and bake it, then bake the yeast separately, then the salt.  It wouldn’t work! You would have all the right ingredients, but it certainly wouldn’t be the moist, chewy, deliciousness we call bread.   For most things in life, like bread, combining the right ingredients at the right time is essential. 

When you’re building or remodeling a house, the “ingredients” that go in to it are--of course--the materials, but also the plans and know-how of the experts--the plumber, the builder, the electrician, etc.  

The traditional building process would have you “bake bread” one ingredient at a time. 
The architect draws up the plans then the mason set the foundation then the carpenter builds the walls, the plumber installs the fixtures, and the electrician does the wiring. 

While an architect is an expert at drawing out plans, s/he doesn’t have the expertise that the carpenter, the plumber or the mason has in their domains.  In the traditional building process, by the time the subcontractors see the job, it’s much too late for them to offer their expertise on the design of the house.  At best, they can propose band-aid solutions to problems that crop up in the construction of the house. 

But if, instead, the ingredients are combined at the beginning of the process, the architect, the plumber, the builder, and the electrician, can all offer input according to their expertise.  And, like the rising bread, a sort of magic happens. 
Suddenly, there are several minds searching for cost-saving measures, where before there was one.  Suddenly, there are experts offering solutions to problems before they even arise.  Suddenly, the overall cost of the project (in time and money) just dropped considerably. 

These are just some of the benefits of having a Share-It™ Design Meeting.