The Carrickphierish Campus Development is a joint project between the Department of Education and Skills (DoES) and Waterford City Council (WCC). The development consists of the construction of two sixteen classroom primary schools each with a special needs unit, a public library, shared general purpose hall and community facilities, on a 5 acre site, located in the townland of Carrickphierish, in the Northwest suburbs of Waterford City. The works include car parking, set-down, hard play and soft landscaped areas, boundary walls, railings, gates, an ESB substation and works outside the site including public footpaths, verges, street lighting and furniture etc.