The National Equipment Register, an organization that provides information on heavy equipment theft and ownership, estimates that construction theft costs companies between $300 million and $1 billion a year. In its 2004 Equipment Theft Report the Register reported thirty-eight percent of all equipment theft in the country took place within the borders of only five states -- Texas, North Carolina, California, Florida and Pennsylvania.

Construction site thefts, sometimes committed by the people working there, cost the industry nearly $1 billion annually despite antitheft efforts like offering rewards to people who turn in thieves.

Dynamic Duo -- More than 60 law enforcement agencies across the United States have leveraged GPS/cellular tracking devices to catch vehicle and mobile equipment thieves. Vehicle theft in one U.S. county reportedly dropped 30 percent following the devices' use.

Every 24 seconds, another vehicle is stolen in the United States. Every minute, 20 property crimes (robbery, burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft) are committed.