Crime Guru Builds Industry's Largest Theft Database.

The article highlights the usefulness to the construction industry of the National Equipment Register (NER), a database of owners, machines, serial numbers, photographs and reported thefts built by David J. Shillingford. The database is recognized by many insurers as a key strategy to manage risk. NER was purchased by Insurance Services Office Inc. in 2007. Shillingford used to help insurers recover stolen art.