About Blue Mountain Construction

Our story and the people leading the work.

Our story

Built on generations of experience.

Blue Mountain Construction's roots date back to the 1930s, when owner John Smith's father came from Ireland and started his own concrete business. Growing up in the family trade, John learned the value of hard work, skilled craftsmanship, and building a reputation through quality. After years working alongside his father and brother, John founded our company in 2012 with a vision of building more than concrete. Read the full story Close the full story

Blue Mountain Construction's roots date back to the 1930s, when owner John Smith's father came from Ireland and started his own concrete business. Growing up in the family trade, John learned the value of hard work, skilled craftsmanship, and building a reputation through quality.

After years working alongside his father and brother, John founded our company in 2012 with a vision of building more than concrete. We expanded into complete site development, specializing in the heavy civil work that creates the foundation for successful construction projects.

Today, we are a family-owned heavy civil contractor built on integrity, experience, and a deep understanding of construction. While many companies entered the utility-scale solar and renewable energy markets from the electrical side and developed their civil capabilities later, our path has always been different.

Our roots are in heavy civil construction. Long before renewable energy became a growing market, we were building the infrastructure that projects depend on. We understand that a successful project starts from the ground up, with proper site preparation, grading, drainage, foundations, stormwater systems, and civil infrastructure completed safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.

By self-performing our civil work, we keep tighter control of quality, safety, scheduling, and regulatory compliance throughout every phase of construction.

Whether we are installing a single foundation, completing complex site development, or serving as the general contractor overseeing an entire project, our team delivers the expertise, accountability, and hands-on leadership clients expect. We do not just build renewable energy projects—we build the solid foundations that make them successful.

Our leadership team brings more than 70 years of combined experience in heavy civil construction, engineering, safety management, renewable energy, oil and gas infrastructure, and project execution. We believe successful projects begin with experienced leadership, a commitment to safety, and a dedication to delivering exceptional results for every client, every time.

Time and time again

Developers Call Blue Mountain Construction Back

Moving fast only helps when the work is safe, follows the intended sequence, and is built correctly the first time.

Safety

Safety is planned into the work: access, traffic, staging, stored energy, and the order in which crews enter the site.

Speed

When weather or field conditions change, we can shift the sequence, ramp up production, and keep the critical work moving.

Precision

We read the details, understand the designer's intent, and ask the questions that keep a small miss from becoming an expensive field problem.

Our Leadership Team

70+ Years of construction experience

Founder / Owner

John Smith

CONCRETE · SITE WORK · PRACTICAL EXECUTION

John brings 40+ years of experience in heavy civil construction, site development, and construction management. Throughout his career, he has earned a reputation for leading complex work with integrity, precision, and an unwavering commitment to quality.

Before founding our company in 2012, he co-owned a concrete contractor that grew to more than $38 million in annual sales. Since then, he has built strong client relationships, developed the crews, expanded the fleet, and invested in the people and equipment behind our field capability.

John's experience covers every phase of construction, from property acquisition and site development through project execution and final closeout. He has led work ranging from $200,000 to more than $800 million across commercial, industrial, infrastructure, and heavy civil markets.

As founder and owner, John oversees company operations, strategic planning, business development, and project management while mentoring the next generation of construction professionals. His expertise in value engineering, cost control, planning, and operational efficiency helps our team deliver safe, dependable work.

His entrepreneurial background also includes leadership in construction, real estate development, equipment, and property management companies. That experience gives John both the contractor's and the owner's perspective when evaluating cost, risk, schedule, and long-term value.

VP OF CONSTRUCTION

Jason McConnell

CIVIL ENGINEERING · ESTIMATING · FIELD EXECUTION

Jason brings more than 25 years of experience in civil engineering, heavy construction, renewable energy, and oil and gas infrastructure. He has built his career around delivering demanding projects safely, efficiently, and without compromising quality.

A Virginia Tech civil engineering graduate, Jason began his career as a project engineer before advancing into field and executive leadership. He has managed and directed hundreds of millions of dollars in construction across the eastern United States, including heavy civil, solar, landfill, airport, highway, utility, and oil and gas projects.

His experience spans planning, estimating, project management, field operations, quality control, and profit-and-loss responsibility. Jason has led teams delivering large-scale solar developments, pipeline infrastructure, site development, earthwork, stormwater systems, transportation work, and complex industrial construction.

As our VP of Construction, Jason leads project execution, safety, estimating, equipment management, client relationships, and strategic growth. His hands-on approach connects the field plan, schedule, crews, equipment, and customer priorities from preconstruction through closeout.

Jason is known for building strong relationships with clients, subcontractors, and project teams through integrity, accountability, and practical experience. His leadership philosophy is straightforward: protect people, deliver exceptional work, solve problems before they become obstacles, and leave every project better than expected.

Safety & Field Qualifications

  • 30-Hour OSHA
  • Safe Land USA
  • MSHA 40 Miner Safety
  • CPR & First Aid — American Safety Council Certified
  • VDOT Intermediate Work Zone Traffic Control Certification
  • VDOT ESCCC Certification
  • Engineer-in-Training

See how Blue Mountain puts safety into practice

Head of Operations

Kevin Smith

OPERATIONS · FINANCE · COMPLIANCE

Kevin brings 15+ years of experience across construction, finance, and business operations. He grew up on the family's concrete crews, working weekends from age ten and finishing concrete through high school before progressing through roles as a laborer, operator, foreman, and project manager.

He later studied finance and moved into the securities industry, spending two years with a private trading firm near Chicago. The experience strengthened his financial and analytical background, but it also confirmed that he wanted to return to work where he could see the direct results of our team's effort.

Kevin returned to our company in 2021 and now connects the field side of construction with the business side of our company. As Head of Operations, he oversees billing, compliance, budgets, coordination, documentation, and the communication that keeps crews moving and each job accounted for.

His construction background helps him understand what project teams need in the field, while his finance experience gives him insight into how owners and project funders evaluate a contractor. That combination supports clearer cost information, stronger accountability, and better decisions throughout a project.

Kevin stays close to the crews and approaches operations as practical field support, not back-office administration. His role is to give our team the structure, information, and resources it needs to execute safely and keep commitments to the customer.

  • 30-Hour OSHA
  • Virginia Class A Contractor's License — PQP
  • South Carolina Unlimited General Contractor's License — CQG