3rd Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 3CroCEE

The Serbian Association for Earthquake Engineering (SUZI-SAEE) developed a database platform with photos made during the reconnaissance missions after the earthquakes, with the aim to provide a comprehensive framework for documenting and analyzing earthquake-induced structural damage. This paper presents the main aspects of the database platform with the photos of the SAEE team members. The initial database is developed from extensive post-earthquake field investigations carried out by the members of SAEE. This platform tends to gather and label images of damaged buildings from seismic events, incorporating crucial metadata such as structural type, damage level, and failure modes. The importance of this framework also lies in its ability to facilitate the extraction of important statistics, enabling deeper insights into damage patterns, structural vulnerabilities, and responses to seismic forces. The ability to systematically analyse data gathered from past earthquakes, serves as a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners to improve seismic codes, optimize retrofitting strategies, and generally improve the understanding of the behaviour of structures under earthquakes. In addition to providing a direct benefit to earthquake mitigation, the database currently serves as an educational and research tool, accessible to the wider community. Due to high seismic risks around the world, the SAEE database also stands as a tool for advancing the field of earthquake engineering and improving the resilience of our built environment, making it a valuable contribution to civil engineering research and practice. By facilitating the study of past seismic events, the SAEE database provides a valuable contribution toward reducing seismic risks in the future.