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The process of estimating, planning, allocating, and controlling the costs in a project is known as good project management techniques in cost performance. It is largely concerned with the cost of resources required and the manner to be used to perform project operations in the suburbs. The purpose of this research is to investigate the project management characteristics that influence project cost performance in a Malaysian sub-urban construction firm. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors and management methods that may affect the cost performance in a project on a suburban area local construction firm, to identify the challenges of cost management in local suburban construction firms, and to discover the improvement of cost management in local suburban construction firms through journal and article research and data analysis to support this research study. A total of 120 survey forms will be given to suburban building enterprises. The questionnaires returned by respondents will be analyzed using SPSS software to generate data analysis based on the Likert scale answers provided by the respondents. This research is being carried out to uncover the management method for improving cost performance and to tell more readers about the information and management method in the suburban region. The usefulness of this research is valuable to current and future researchers who are involved in project management.
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