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.

Discover how a custom negative pressure wall and real-time monitoring protected a pharmaceutical cleanroom during high-stakes facility demolition.

How to Protect Active Cleanrooms During Demolition: A Negative Pressure Wall Case Study

Experience the Baker Best

Protecting a client's environment during demolition and renovation work has always been part of what we do at R. Baker & Son. Anyone in the industry knows ICRA protection, the barrier system used in hospitals to separate clean areas from active construction. Demolition airlocks serve a...

rigging medical equipment into a hospital - R. Baker & Son

Just-in-Time Rigging Keeps a Hospital Running During a Critical Enabling Project

Health and Safety Industry Leader

R. Baker & Son received a call from a concerned South Jersey mechanical contractor facing a complex rigging project on a tight deadline. Another rigging contractor had passed on the job late in the game, put off by its timing and complexity. The scope called for relocating several major pieces...

Riggers assembling tower crane sections during construction - R. Baker & Son - Master Riggers.

How Mobile and Tower Cranes Are Assembled & Dismantled

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

Mobile cranes come in many styles, shapes, and sizes, with the hydraulic crane and the luffing jib being the most common. R. Baker & Son has worked with just about every mobile crane on the market. Some are so large that assembling them requires multiple tractor trailers of booms and hardware,...

Demolition concrete debris fed into an industrial crusher for recycling

7 Ways Demolition Protects Communities & the Planet

Leading Rigging, Dismantling and Demolition Contractor

7 Ways Demolition Builds Better Communities -And Why It Matters When most people picture demolition, they see dust clouds and falling walls. What they don't see is the careful planning, environmental responsibility, and community impact that professional demolition and dismantling companies...

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.