Approvals, safety and toilets

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Current working record - updated from the official protocol. This page combines the BH Gmunden preliminary-meeting protocol, file Ge20-3865, with the more detailed owner notes from 19 August 2026. It is not a permit, final legal assessment or substitute for the approved plan.

Current approval case

• Submit the complete hall layout with five escape rooms and one children’s room.
• Build the complete hall layout and common infrastructure from the outset.
• Completely finish and operate only two escape rooms at the opening.
• Apply for a maximum of 50 people, even though an earlier theoretical maximum calculation reached 70.
• Use the approximately 20-30 people recorded as usual simultaneous operation as an operating-description input, while retaining 50 as the requested maximum.
• State the maximum people in every room and ensure that operating procedures keep the whole premises within the approved maximum.

Fire separation - item for Herr Gillesberger

The meeting record distinguishes two building elements:

Building element	Position recorded at the meeting	Next step
Construction below the hall / ceiling downward	Treated as fire-separating	Herr Gillesberger to verify and provide the relevant plan, specification or other evidence
Wall to the neighbouring hall	Currently not fire-separating	Herr Gillesberger to clarify the required upgrade and supporting evidence

Do not assign a rating in the tenant plan until this check is complete. The detailed plan and technical design must then consistently show the fire-separating walls/ceilings, doors and treatment of penetrations.

Escape doors and emergency opening

• The hall exit door must open in the escape direction if required for the approved occupancy. The BH discussion highlighted the requirement especially for rooms with more than 15 people.
• The hall exit is currently expected to be the only door affected by this specific replacement. It will likely require replacement and the required panic hardware; confirm the product and exact requirement in the plan.
• Every escape room, the children’s room and every room formed inside another room must be openable in an emergency.
• Emergency release must work without solving a puzzle, using a key or relying on the game software, mains power or ordinary operator action.
• Show every normal door, emergency opening and door swing in the detailed plan.

Escape routes, corridor and lighting

• Show the measured escape-route length from every occupied room to the final exit.
• Size the corridor as an escape route for the maximum number of people evacuating at once, with at least 1.5 m clear width; it is also part of the accessible route.
• Provide adequate minimum/general lighting throughout the hall.
• Provide safety/emergency lighting throughout the escape-route system, with particular attention to every change of direction, door and exit.
• Have an electrical contractor define and document the lighting arrangement for the submission and later commissioning.

Customer and staff sanitary facilities

For an application maximum of up to 50 people, the BH advised the following layout:

User group	Working requirement from the meeting
Women customers	Two WCs
Men customers	One WC and one urinal
Separation	Women’s and men’s toilet rooms spatially separated; the washbasin area may be shared
Employees	One additional staff-only WC

One customer WC may be redesignated as the employee WC if it is clearly marked, reserved and lockable against customer use. The current two-cubicle arrangement is therefore not the current submission basis and must be expanded/replanned.

The official protocol expressly states that an accessible WC is required. Its exact location, dimensions, movement areas, fittings and accessible route remain design tasks. The 1.5 m corridor width alone does not prove complete accessibility.

Employee rooms and equipment

• Use the kitchen as the separated employee room for eating and drinking.
• Provide employee lockers/wardrobes.
• Mark the staff room, lockers and staff-only WC in the detailed plan and operating description.

Technical projects

Ventilation and heat pump

• A qualified installer must prepare a ventilation project.
• It must calculate the necessary air quantity separately for every room based on the stated people.
• Provide data sheets, exact positions and relevant dB/noise data for the ventilation and heat-pump equipment.
• Submit this information to the BH and coordinate all penetrations with the fire-separation design.

Electrical

• An electrical contractor must plan general lighting and the complete safety/emergency and escape-route lighting system.
• The finished installation must match the approved room layout and be commissioned before operation.

Waste-management concept

The BH indicated that a simple written concept should be sufficient. It should list:

• expected waste types, such as residual waste, paper/cardboard, packaging, glass, batteries/electronics, lamps and construction/maintenance waste;
• expected handling and temporary storage;
• how each waste stream will be separated and disposed of; and
• who is responsible for disposal and records where special waste requires them.

Do not invent quantities before the opening operation is better defined.

Four-copy submission checklist

• [ ] Confirm the formal applicant/operator; the protocol names Herr Renner as Konsenswerber, while the intended operator is Renner Interaktiv GmbH.
• [ ] Confirm the procedural route with the planner/BH; the official protocol leaves Neu, Änderung, 359b, 81 and 74 blank.
• [ ] Appoint/name the project planner; the field is blank in the official protocol.
• [ ] Application form confirmed current, completed and signed.
• [ ] Operating-description form confirmed current, completed and signed. The official protocol does not mark its handover checkbox, although the owner notes say it was received.
• [ ] Land-use plan and cadastral plan.
• [ ] Open-space plan with traffic/green areas, parking, storage and any applicable noise-protection/infiltration features.
• [ ] Site plan with property and operating-area boundaries, utilities, access/development and existing construction.
• [ ] Detailed scaled plan of all rooms, walls, ceilings, doors and escape doors.
• [ ] Dimensioned, clearly coloured floor plans with door/window dimensions, required sections and existing construction/fire walls.
• [ ] People per room and total maximum of 50.
• [ ] Escape-route lengths and corridor dimensioned for the maximum evacuation load, never less than 1.5 m clear.
• [ ] Accessible WC and complete accessible design.
• [ ] Fire-separation details after Herr Gillesberger’s clarification.
• [ ] Electrical/safety-lighting design.
• [ ] Ventilation project with room-by-room calculation.
• [ ] Heating and ventilation detail projects, including equipment data sheets, positions and dB/noise data.
• [ ] Waste-management concept.
• [ ] Operating processes, planned operating times, wastewater and employee information/facilities included consistently.
• [ ] Four matching copies of the full package.

Source reconciliation before design freeze

• Area: the official protocol records a 325 m² storage hall in the upper floor over an existing vehicle workshop. The listing says 375 m² and the existing plan labels Hall 2 as 355.25 m². Confirm the leased and procedurally relevant area with Herr Gillesberger and the planner.
• Applicant/operator: the official protocol names Herr Renner as Konsenswerber; the formal submission is intended for Renner Interaktiv GmbH and must use one consistent applicant/operator identity.
• Official project/site wording: Errichtung Escape Room in best. Halle, Gschwandt, Münzfeld 27.
• Authority participants: Daniela Hüthmayr (legal officer) and Bmst. Platzer (trade-technical expert).
• Potential experts: the official form lists several possible expert disciplines, but none is checked. This is not confirmation that the later procedure will require no expert review.

Timing and remaining gates

The BH gave a planning estimate of around three months from submission to approval. This is not a deadline guarantee. The period may depend on a complete application, expert reviews, corrections and other required procedures.

Construction and operation remain separate gates: the meeting did not itself approve the project. Do not operate the venue until the formal BH decision, required commissioning and any necessary municipal building-law confirmation are complete.

The protocol covers only operating-facility aspects under GewO 1994. Other legal procedures must be checked proactively with the responsible authorities. A final assessment follows the complete submission and may only be possible after a site inspection; the protocol does not claim to be exhaustive.