The original engineering & land surveying firm was established by R. Marvin Shipman in 1947 as a one-man office specializing in structural engineering. He employed his first full time draftsman in April 1949, with other engineers joining the firm in 1950. During the following years the staff grew to eight. In November 1956, the firm incorporated as R. Marvin Shipman & Co., the first. Macina, Bose, Copeland & Associates, Inc., Consulting Engineers & Land Surveyors provides civil engineering, land planning or plotting, and surveying services for a variety of private, municipal and governmental clients.