Indian Wells Golf Resort Clubhouse, IW Club, Recognized by California Construction Magazine with "Best of 2009" Award

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - The Indian Wells Golf Resort's IW Club has been recognized by California Construction Magazine with the prestigious "Best of 2009" award in the Sports/Recreation category. Honoring Barnhart, Inc, a top rated southern California construction firm and builder of IW Club, the award recognizes the firm's construction and design excellence of the City's golf resort clubhouse.

As an annual statewide competition, this year's judges reviewed more than 125 of the state's top construction and design projects nominated in a variety of categories. Nominees were judged based on project management, overcoming challenges of the job, overall excellence in architectural or engineering design, innovation, safety and the contribution to the community and/or the construction industry, among other criteria. Judges could not vote on projects they were affiliated with or had worked on.

Barnhart, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, CA., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Heery International, a 1,500-person architecture, interior design, engineering, facility management, program management and construction management firm based in Atlanta.

Winners of the "Best of 2009" awards will be featured in the December 2009 issue of the magazine. California Construction Magazine is one of 11 monthly regional construction publications published by the McGraw-Hill Cos. throughout the country. For more than a century, McGraw Hill has remained North America's leading provider of construction project information, plans and specifications, product information, industry news, and industry trends and forecasts. For more information, visit www.california.construction.com.

For more information on The City of Indian Wells visit www.IndianWells.com or call (760) 346-2489.

About The City of Indian Wells

The City of Indian Wells is a world-renowned residential and resort destination located in the heart of the Southern California Desert Resorts, only 20 minutes from Palm Springs International Airport. Premier city amenities encompass outstanding spas, restaurants, boutiques, and country club communities. Indian Wells enjoys the benefits of being one of California's wealthiest and financially well managed cities, and sponsors many sporting and cultural events including the LG Skins Game, the Indian Wells Tennis Tournament, Desert Town Hall–Indian Wells lecture series, The Palm Springs International Film Festival, and Indian Wells Arts Festival.

City of Indian Wells
Nancy Samuelson, 760-346-2489
Director Mktg & PR
NSamuelson@IndianWells.com