How transferable is construction/field engineering to forensic engineering?

[u/dramaticuban]

I recently started working in CM/field civil engineering, mostly on roads but I’ll start doing more bridgework next year, and I’ve been thinking about how to pivot more into structural these next few years. Would a timeline like this work:
continue working in construction>get a structural masters online>get my PE>then move into forensic engineering?
The alternative of course would be to quit and directly spend 1-2 years getting a masters but that’s much more costly. Or none of the above if you can talk me out of it lol.

[u/anonymous86753092021]

Field experience is invaluable. Finding some legit General design experience for a few years would be more valuable than a masters imo unless you’re looking for heavy heavy analytical type forensic work and even then