A Critical Literature Review on Evaluation and Identification of Factors Governing Cost of Residential Construction Project Works in Gujarat

Various scholars �have tried to define the factors affecting construction cost factors (CCFs) of project for a long time. Lists of variables have been prospered in the literature; anyhow no common promise can be made. The objective of this paper is on the way to develop a theoretical framework on factors governing CCFs of residential construction project works in major cite of the Gujarat. Various journals in the construction field are selected to review the previous works on construction project. Nine key groups of autonomous variables, namely cost-related factors, Management, �Financial, Time, Governmental and Political, Material and Equipment, Labour, Technological and Productivity, Quality Factors, Environmental Factors are identified as key factors for project cost. Also In selection of factors, other local factors have been added as recommended by native professionals.