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According to The National Equipment Register (NER), construction site theft costs the industry up to $1 billion each year. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB/CEG) reports, nearly one thousand pieces of commercial equipment are reported stolen each month. According to the NER/NICB report, only 21% of the stolen equipment was recovered in 2016.