All rights reserved by www.ijaresm.net ISSN : 2394-1766 1 IDENTIFYING PROJECT MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES FOR GREEN CONSTRUCTION IN GUJRAT Kevin U. Desai 1 , Dr. Neeraj D. Sharma 2 , Hiren A. Rathod 3 PG Student, Construction Engg. and Management at SNPIT & RC, Umrakh, Gujarat, India 1 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, SNPIT & RC, Umrakh, Bardoli, Gujarat, India 2 Ass. Professor, Department of Civil Engg., SNPIT & RC, Umrakh, Bardoli, Gujarat, India 3 Abstract: Green construction can be seen as an alternative option to maintain sustainability of environment in construction. Project manager plays an important role of project success, and also confirmed “the industry's growing awareness of the relationship between achieving project success and construction project management competencies. ” Several studies have highlighted critical challenges of green construction are designed for optimum energy efficiency and are constructed with a preference for recycled materials somrthing like if using OPC than behalf of that use PPC cement, using low voc paint. This study will take consideration of data collected from Questionnaire Survey by responses of project manager within Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat & Rajkot and the collected data will be analyzed using SPSS tool for find out the mean of individual project management challenges. Keywords: Green construction, Challenges, Project manager, Project management. I. INTRODUCTION According to Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), Green construction is defined as "green construction is one which uses minimum water, reduce energy efficiency, consumes natural resources, generates less waste and provides healthier environment for occupants, as compared to a conventional building." It is a practice of constructing structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a life cycle period of building. This practice elaborates and complements the conventional building design concerns of economy, utility, durability, comfort and health which provides eco-friendly environment. Project manager plays a very crucial role for project success. Green construction project aims to provide healthy and eco-friendly environment. A project manager has directly influence the project over 50% for success of project. Based on studies different types of challenges facing during construction project is defined and which skills of project manager needs to develop to solve these problems easily. In green construction IGBC provide the rating system. It provides the rating based on its performance. It divided in four categories 1. Certified 2. Silver 3. Gold 4. Platinum which shows the performance of green construction. As a result, project