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The level of Crossrail鈥檚 anger with its tier 1 contractors has been laid bare with the railway鈥檚 board publicly scathing of their 鈥渃onsiderable non-performance鈥� on the 拢18bn job.

In minutes now published from its November meeting, the board said contractors were still not achieving what was expected of them and warned of 鈥渃onsequences鈥� for their failure to do so.

They said: 鈥淭he board expressed its frustration with the considerable non-performance of the tier 1 contractors.

鈥淭he board highlighted the need for a plan to address this and for there to be consequences for the contractors鈥� non-delivery.鈥�

It is not the first time those in charge of Crossrail have openly criticised the major firms working on the project.

Their frustration with the two contractors behind the delayed Bond Street station was made public, when minutes from a board meeting last June were published.

Then, the railway鈥檚 board called for 鈥渆xpected and necessary鈥� leadership changes at the Costain/Skanska joint venture building the station.

Productivity on the project has long been an issue, though the blame for this has previously fallen at the feet of tier 2 and tier 3 contractors, with the railway taking steps to make sure these resources were better used.

At a December meeting of the London Assembly transport committee Crossrail chair Tony Meggs expressed concern about how pushing back the deadline for the project may affect contractor productivity.

He said: 鈥淲e are between a rock and a hard place. We want aggressive targets to help drive performance within the project with our contractors but we don鈥檛 want to let anyone down.

鈥淥n the one hand, we would like to be super conservative, on the other hand we would like to be very optimistic.鈥�

The project is now due to open in the summer of 2021 and cost between 拢18.25bn and 拢18.4bn.