International Existing Building Code
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The International Existing Building Code is a model building code that provides standardized regulations and guidelines for the repair, alteration, addition, and change of occupancy of existing buildings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| International Existing Building Code canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7331686 — 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: International Existing Building Code Context triple: [Massachusetts State Building Code, basedOn, International Existing Building Code]
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A.
International Building Code
The International Building Code is a model building code developed by the International Code Council that provides standardized, comprehensive regulations for the design and construction of buildings to ensure public health, safety, and welfare.
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B.
International Energy Conservation Code
The International Energy Conservation Code is a model building energy code that sets minimum efficiency standards for residential and commercial buildings to reduce energy use and associated costs.
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C.
Massachusetts State Building Code
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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D.
Saudi building codes
Saudi building codes are a set of national regulations that govern the design, construction, and safety standards of buildings throughout Saudi Arabia.
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E.
International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories
The International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories is a WADA regulatory document that sets detailed requirements and procedures to ensure that all organizations bound by the World Anti-Doping Code properly implement and enforce its anti-doping rules.
- 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: International Existing Building Code Target entity description: The International Existing Building Code is a model building code that provides standardized regulations and guidelines for the repair, alteration, addition, and change of occupancy of existing buildings.
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A.
International Building Code
The International Building Code is a model building code developed by the International Code Council that provides standardized, comprehensive regulations for the design and construction of buildings to ensure public health, safety, and welfare.
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B.
International Energy Conservation Code
The International Energy Conservation Code is a model building energy code that sets minimum efficiency standards for residential and commercial buildings to reduce energy use and associated costs.
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C.
Massachusetts State Building Code
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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D.
Saudi building codes
Saudi building codes are a set of national regulations that govern the design, construction, and safety standards of buildings throughout Saudi Arabia.
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E.
International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories
The International Standard for Code Compliance by Signatories is a WADA regulatory document that sets detailed requirements and procedures to ensure that all organizations bound by the World Anti-Doping Code properly implement and enforce its anti-doping rules.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
construction standard
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model building code ⓘ regulatory framework ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IEBC ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
encourage preservation of existing building stock
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facilitate cost-effective upgrades of existing buildings ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | IEBC ⓘ |
| appliesTo | existing buildings ⓘ |
| basedOn | performance requirements for existing buildings ⓘ |
| contains |
performance-based compliance methods
ⓘ
prescriptive compliance methods ⓘ |
| editionCycle | 3-year code development cycle ⓘ |
| firstPublishedByICC | 2003 ⓘ |
| focusesOn | reuse and rehabilitation of existing buildings ⓘ |
| geographicScope | primarily United States but available internationally ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
digital
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print ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | model code subject to adoption by jurisdictions ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to provide standardized regulations for work on existing buildings
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to safeguard public health, safety, and welfare in existing buildings ⓘ |
| hasSection |
performance compliance method
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prescriptive compliance method ⓘ work area compliance method ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | adopted at state and local levels ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf | International Codes ⓘ |
| publishedBy | International Code Council ⓘ |
| publisher | International Code Council ⓘ |
| regulates |
additions to existing buildings
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alteration of existing buildings ⓘ change of occupancy of existing buildings ⓘ repair of existing buildings ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
International Building Code
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International Energy Conservation Code ⓘ International Fire Code ⓘ |
| subject |
accessibility in existing buildings
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building safety ⓘ energy conservation in existing buildings ⓘ fire safety in existing buildings ⓘ means of egress in existing buildings ⓘ structural integrity of existing buildings ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
building officials
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code consultants ⓘ contractors ⓘ design professionals ⓘ |
| updatedBy | International Code Council code development process ⓘ |
| usedIn |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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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: International Existing Building Code Description of subject: The International Existing Building Code is a model building code that provides standardized regulations and guidelines for the repair, alteration, addition, and change of occupancy of existing buildings.
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