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 and Son is Service-Disabled Veteran Owned. Please contact us to discuss how we can help you meet your contracting and subcontracting goals.

Interior Demo: Mid-Project Changes Save Time and Money

Experience the Baker Best

Discovering an opportunity for substantial cost savings during a project in progress is always a welcome surprise, which was the case on a warehouse renovation in which R. Baker & Son was tasked with performing the of the 200,000 sq. ft. building. The building was to become a manufacturing...

Safety Plan, Demolition and Rigging Contractor

Site-Specific Safety Plan

Health and Safety Industry Leader

A site-specific safety plan (SSSP) is an agreement that addresses project-specific safety concerns and challenges and how to manage them. It serves as a communication tool between involved contractors to ensure safe working conditions and to protect the job site and environment. SSSPs are commonly...

Preventing, Recognizing, and Treating Heat Related Illness

R. Baker Workers Trained In Heat Related Illness

Service-Disabled Veteran Owned

With summer only just begun, there are likely many hot days ahead. In construction, demolition, and rigging, heat-related illness is a very real threat if the proper steps are not taken to prevent it. Symptoms of heat-related illnesses range from the relatively mild, including heat rash, heat...

Tank Rigging Project

Leading Rigging, Dismantling and Demolition Contractor

A large food processing plant was referred to R. Baker & Son to take on the task of rigging all new equipment into an existing 200,000 sq. ft. facility. The majority of equipment consisted of large mixing, blending and heating tanks ranging in size between 5,000 and 35,000 gallons, as well as...

Recent Projects

Surgical Demolition Project - Turbine Generator
New York (NYC)

Demolition For New Transmission Station
Harrison, NJ

work crew misting concrete on demolition project

Dismantling Project for a Renowned National Laboratory
Princeton, NJ

Phillips 66 Facility Stack Removal
Linden, NJ

Controlled Demolition: Asbestos Abatement

Restoration of the United Nations
NYC

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.