Bob Goble is Executive Vice President and founding Principal of CGL Companies.
A substantial amount of his experience has been in both local and state adult and juvenile criminal justice facilities planning. He has served as an expert witness in USA federal and state courts on behalf of both local and state governments. In addition to preparing facilities and systems plans and studies, Mr. Goble has also conducted a variety of operational and management systems evaluations and provided technical assistance and training programs for local officials, state agencies, governors and legislatures.
Prior to establishing CGL, Mr. Goble was Assistant Director of the planning division of an international consulting firm. He was responsible for managing numerous projects and coordinating the division's staff assignments. Prior to that he was a senior planner for the City of Dallas, Texas, where he directed several public facilities and services studies, public safety facilities location and concept planning, served as a Policy Review Committee member for the City's Community Renewal Program Team and worked on the Department's Special Projects Team. While in graduate school he worked as a research assistant and a graduate teaching assistant. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Space Planning and Design from Ohio University and a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Illinois.
Mr. Goble’s analytic, planning and technical assistance experience includes approximately 200 justice and government projects since CGL’s founding in 1975 throughout the USA and other countries:
- 11 Criminal Justice Systems Assessments, Master Plans and Studies
- 69 Jail System and Facilities Needs Assessments, Master Plans, Architectural Programs, Design Reviews and Assistance, Transition/Activation Technical Assistance
- 17 Courts Needs Assessments, Master Plans, Architectural Programs
- 16 Juvenile Courts, Detention and Corrections Needs Assessments, Facility Master Plans, Architectural Programs, Design Review and Technical Assistance
- 11 Law Enforcement Studies, Facility Master Plans and Architectural Programs
- 46 USA State Corrections/Prison System Master Plans, Facility Master Plans, Architectural Programs, Design Reviews and Assistance and Systems Technical Studies and Assessments
- 7 General Government and Institutional Facilities Planning, Master Planning, Space Planning and Programming
- 18 National Government Projects for Corrections, Courts, Security, and Mental Health Agencies in USA, Mexico, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom
CGL is a renowned Hunt Group company specialized in correctional facilities operational planning, design, construction project management, systems master planning, facility management and maintenance in the global corrections market for over 40 years. CGL expertise spans 19 countries, 50 states, and more than 500 counties while delivering more than 1,900 projects.
