Massachusetts State Building Code
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The Massachusetts State Building Code is a statewide set of regulations that governs the design, construction, alteration, and maintenance of buildings in Massachusetts to ensure safety, accessibility, and energy efficiency.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Massachusetts State Building Code canonical | 4 |
| Massachusetts state building code | 1 |
| state building code of Massachusetts | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1479209 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Massachusetts State Building Code Context triple: [Brookline, followsBuildingCode, Massachusetts State Building Code]
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A.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations
The Code of Massachusetts Regulations is the official compilation of administrative rules and regulations issued by Massachusetts state agencies to implement and interpret state law.
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B.
Massachusetts General Laws
Massachusetts General Laws are the codified statutes that form the primary body of statutory law governing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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C.
Massachusetts State Publications and Regulations Division
The Massachusetts State Publications and Regulations Division is a state government office responsible for compiling, publishing, and providing public access to Massachusetts’ official regulations and related legal materials.
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D.
Massachusetts Register
The Massachusetts Register is the official biweekly publication that provides updates, notices, and changes to Massachusetts state regulations and administrative rules.
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E.
Massachusetts state legislature
The Massachusetts state legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives and responsible for enacting state laws and overseeing the state budget.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Massachusetts State Building Code Target entity description: The Massachusetts State Building Code is a statewide set of regulations that governs the design, construction, alteration, and maintenance of buildings in Massachusetts to ensure safety, accessibility, and energy efficiency.
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A.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations
The Code of Massachusetts Regulations is the official compilation of administrative rules and regulations issued by Massachusetts state agencies to implement and interpret state law.
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B.
Massachusetts General Laws
Massachusetts General Laws are the codified statutes that form the primary body of statutory law governing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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C.
Massachusetts State Publications and Regulations Division
The Massachusetts State Publications and Regulations Division is a state government office responsible for compiling, publishing, and providing public access to Massachusetts’ official regulations and related legal materials.
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D.
Massachusetts Register
The Massachusetts Register is the official biweekly publication that provides updates, notices, and changes to Massachusetts state regulations and administrative rules.
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E.
Massachusetts state legislature
The Massachusetts state legislature is the bicameral lawmaking body of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives and responsible for enacting state laws and overseeing the state budget.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building code
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state regulation ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards
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Massachusetts Office of Public Safety and Inspections ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
additions
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alterations ⓘ change of use ⓘ demolition ⓘ new construction ⓘ repairs ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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linked to:
Massachusetts
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| basedOn |
International Building Code
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International Energy Conservation Code ⓘ International Existing Building Code ⓘ |
| contains |
special regulations for existing buildings
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special regulations for high-rise buildings ⓘ special regulations for historic buildings ⓘ special regulations for one- and two-family dwellings ⓘ special regulations for places of assembly ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
local building officials
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municipal building departments ⓘ |
| governs |
building alteration
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building construction ⓘ building design ⓘ building maintenance ⓘ building repair ⓘ |
| includes |
accessibility requirements
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electrical coordination provisions ⓘ energy conservation requirements ⓘ fire protection requirements ⓘ means of egress requirements ⓘ mechanical system requirements ⓘ plumbing system requirements ⓘ structural requirements ⓘ |
| legalAuthority |
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 143
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linked to:
Massachusetts General Laws
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 22 ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts General Laws
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| purpose |
accessibility
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energy efficiency ⓘ fire safety ⓘ life safety ⓘ property protection ⓘ public health ⓘ resilience ⓘ structural safety ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Massachusetts Architectural Access Board regulations
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Massachusetts State Fire Code ⓘ |
| requires | building permits for covered work ⓘ |
| requiresComplianceFrom |
architects
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building owners ⓘ contractors ⓘ engineers ⓘ |
| scope | minimum requirements for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare in the built environment ⓘ |
| shortName | 780 CMR ⓘ |
| supplements | model international codes with Massachusetts amendments ⓘ |
| updatedBy | Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards through periodic code cycles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Massachusetts State Building Code Description of subject: The Massachusetts State Building Code is a statewide set of regulations that governs the design, construction, alteration, and maintenance of buildings in Massachusetts to ensure safety, accessibility, and energy efficiency.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Massachusetts State Building Code
Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards
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governs
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Massachusetts State Building Code
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linked to: Massachusetts State Building Code