Something can only be done if it has been reported. Most construction companies, if they are missing only a relative few pieces, will not bother reporting it because it’s not worth the hassle.
No, the dealer buying the obviously stolen good can do something, read the article.
I am a repair plumbing contractor and have taken lots of ugly brass and copper scrap in from all the things that I rip out and replace, and seen truckloads of beautiful new copper pipe, rolled pipe and fittings and valves that would never be recycled, and surely not from some unemployed tweaker types, that have been sold to the yards for scrap prices.
The dealer just kept letting the homeless guy bring it in, until the cops came and examined his records that he is required to keep.