The History of Lone Mountain Roofing

Lone Mountain Roofing started as Lone Mountain Contracting back in 1973 by James Nick Blea. At the time, we specialized in US Government contracts, working with the Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Energy, Corps of Engineers, BIA, U.S. Marines and the US Army. This work brought to our team the art of negotiation, value engineering, job scheduling and extensive job specific training.

In 1992, one of our founders, Jim Utash, trained his college-aged son Jeremy as an estimator. Jeremy came to work full time at Lone Mountain in 1994, and over the next nine years brought two of his brothers (Joshua and Jason) into the operation. Another relative, Earl Wise, joined in 1998 as Project Manager.

The Utash brothers formed J3 Systems and took over the management of Lone Mountain’s residential roofing division in 2004 and the commercial roofing division in 2008. Their uncle James Nick Blea continues to run the General Contracting/Track & Field Division of Lone Mountain.

Some of our company milestones include:

Over 20 million square feet of roofing installed (at least three times more than our closest competitor). We're the #1 residential and commercial roofer in New Mexico
Roofing projects for University of New Mexico, Sandia Resort & Casino, Cottonwood Mall, Santa Fe Opera, Sandia Labs, and many more multi-million dollar commercial and industrial jobs
Lone Mountain currently holds the only CES (Cooperative Educational Services) Roofing Contract in the state
We are the longest tenured installer of single-ply thermoplastic roofing in the state

Notes from our customers

“Everything was great, everything was just wonderful. It was just a very pleasant experience having those roofs put on, and I thank you very much. I really appreciate it.”
-Claiborne O. Albuquerque

“I want to tell you, I never had anything I loved so much and have had so much enjoyment and so much of not having to run heat and air constantly and I just want to thank you again. It was the finest thing I ever did for myself...”
-Sandra W. Albuquerque

“I would like to thank you for the outstanding work you did on the roof project...Your willingness to work odd hours, as well as weekends and holidays, speaks highly of your company’s professionalism and attention to customer service...We are very pleased with the final product and look forward to working with you again in the future.”
-Deming Public Schools