Thieves see value in tools and equipment, but more costly crimes come from people you trust the most.
Construction site thieves will steal anything and everything, from the lowliest hand tools to the largest mechanized equipment. The latter tends to be attractive to rings of sophisticated thieves who take advantage of jobsite security lapses. They know how to market hot equipment that honest contractors normally wouldn't want any part of - although they sometimes end up buying stolen goods inadvertently. Rogues who steal big-ticket items such as drilling rigs are the construction industry's version of jewel thieves.