About R. Baker & Son

Family owned since 1935, R. Baker & Son is an industry leader in rigging, dismantling, demolition and plant and machinery moving services. We service customers in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Europe. Our business continues to expand rapidly due to our stringent safety program, the success of our projects and unsurpassed customer satisfaction.

The requirements and complexity of the rigging, dismantling and demolition industry, along with our understanding of the need to be flexible and resourceful in our approach to projects, are the areas where R. Baker & Son excels in setting ourselves apart from our competitors.

R. Baker & Son is a certified Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE), proudly recognized as the oldest and largest M/WBE-certified demolition contractor in North America.

R. Baker and son welding on complex hospital demolition job

Hospital Boiler Room Demolition: Removing Steam Boilers and Mechanical Equipment

Experience the Baker Best

R. Baker & Son was tasked with a complex demolition project at an active hospital, systematically removing two aging Cleaver-Brooks steam boilers (a 350 HP and a 200 HP unit), along with an associated deaerator, steam-to-hot-water heat exchangers, and a 2,500-gallon hot water storage...

Heavy equipment rigging for data center power infrastructure - R. Baker & Son

Turnkey Data Center & Energy Infrastructure Rigging

Health and Safety Industry Leader

The digital economy and the new energy economy are being built simultaneously, and both require moving extremely heavy, extremely expensive, and extremely sensitive equipment with zero margin for error. R. Baker & Son has been doing exactly that since 1935. As a family-owned, M/WBE-certified...

The finishing beam used in the process weighed 2,600 lbs and had to be perfectly parallel and level to the drum it was refinishing, both within less than 1/64 of an inch.

Industrial Drum Refinishing Support: A Custom Rigging and Structural Solution

Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE)

When a manufacturer we had previously performed rigging assembly and installation work for returned more than a year later with a unique and complex challenge, they knew who to call. The company needed to strip the finish from eight dryer drums and have a new stainless finish applied as part of...

Air skates (air casters) lifting and moving multi-ton industrial equipment using compressed air in a plant relocation project

Air Skates: How to Move Multi Ton Loads Without Touching the Floor

Leading Rigging, Dismantling and Demolition Contractor

Air skates, also known as air casters, air skids, or air dollies, are a specialized rigging solution that R. Baker & Son has deployed for many years to move heavy machinery, fragile equipment, and multi-ton loads inside buildings. These systems range in capacity from approximately 12 to 150+...

Recent Projects

Imploding Kingda Ka Tower with Precision and Expertise
Jackson, NJ

Forman Mills to K1 Speed Demolition Project in Totowa, NJ
Totowa, NJ

lifting the canopy and tank, dismantling, R. Baker & Son

A Case Study in Dismantling and Demolition

Plant Relocation: A Case Study in Success with R. Baker
North East

Rigging Contractor, NJ, R. Baker and Son

Removing Fuel Cells and Cooling Modules at Verizon
New Jersey

Demolition Project Makes Way for New Renaissance High School
Camden, NJ

Experience the Baker Best

R. BAKER & SON MAINTAINS AN AWARD WINNING TEAM OF IN-HOUSE FULL TIME SAFETY AND PROJECT MANAGERS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE A MINIMUM OF 20 YEARS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE. Project managers, foremen and field personnel are 40 to 60-hours OSHA and Hazmat trained and certified. Additional training and certifications include but are not limited to; aerial lift, fork lift, crane, heavy equipment, confined space entry, respiratory protection, emergency response, first aid and CPR.

R. BAKER & SON'S COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING SAFE PROJECTS IS UNEQUALED IN OUR INDUSTRY, PLACING THE SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND CLIENTS AS OUR TOP PRIORITY. All personnel, from top management through field staff, are thoroughly and continuously trained in safety procedures. As a result, R. Baker & Son's safety performance continually exceeds government regulations and industry averages. R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services has been directly involved in more OSHA VPP Star projects (the highest of three VPP levels a participant can achieve) than almost every other contractor in our industry. It is an accomplishment we've worked hard for, and of which we are extremely proud.