“The Pacific” is a $270 million project , of which $24 million is construction based. It is a 10 part miniseries. The Pacific version of “Band of Brothers” From a constructional point of view the project was split into 3 sub divisions , One in far north Queensland , another at a quarry site in the You Yangs and the other at the Melbourne Docklands studios. The project consisted of over 100 set elements , costing between $4m and $20k. “The Pacific” has the distinction of having the highest construction budget of any film / tv project undertaken in Australia to date. Three major external sets at the You Yangs each of 15,000m2 area reproduced the Pelieu airfield, Iwo Jima beach head and Umburogol Hills/Okinawa. This set in itself involved the use of over 50 shipping containers to construct a mountain range. Peter Felicetti was the Construction and Special Effects Engineer for the production, over a period of 14 months. The role involved designing and supervising the construction of all sets in the production. Testing of military vehicles and direction of vehicle impact scenes, designing scaffolding and rigging systems, engineering stunt sequences, engineering explosion and SFX ,model making, calculations and computer analysis, preparing reports and engineering certification. 8 Emmys® for “The Pacific,” including Outstanding Miniseries; outstanding Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic); Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie; Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie; and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries,