Abstract: Construction management is a diverse discipline focused on the delivery of projects that compose the worlds built environment. Included are the determination of project requirements, management of design, procurement of materials, and management of the construction of the project within cost, time, and design parameters. In terms of rupee value output, the construction industry is the largest single production activity in the Indian economy- accounting for almost 10precent of the gross national product The construction industry is heterogeneous and enormously complex. The major classifications of construction differ markedly from one another: residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure, as well as specialties such as electrical, mechanical, framing, excavation, and roofing. In this paper construction management of residential buildings is studied and optimum solutions are found to minimize the instruction cost of the building. Construction management is the study of how projects are conceived, designed, and built; the types of materials and methods used; techniques for estimating the cost of construction; design and contract law construction accounting oral and written communications; safety requirements; project planning and project management.
Keywords: project, management, Mumbai, building, residential.