SJI Electrical provides the electrical side of retail fit-outs — based in Paisley and working across Pollok and the wider Greater Glasgow area.
Pollok is home to the Silverburn Centre: 95 units and 14 restaurants under one roof, and the largest centre of its kind in Scotland since it opened in October 2007.
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A centre the size of Silverburn changes the shape of the fit-out work available in an area. Ninety-five retail units and fourteen restaurants means a steady rhythm of units changing hands, brands refreshing their format and food operators reconfiguring — and a 24-hour Tesco Extra, the largest store in Scotland when it opened in 2006, sits in the same retail cluster.
The electrical requirements split fairly cleanly. A clothing or general retail unit is largely a lighting-led job: display and general lighting layouts, POS and till power, window and fascia signage, plus stockroom and staff-area circuits. A restaurant or coffee unit is a power-led job — heavier fixed equipment on dedicated circuits, a distribution board that has to actually carry the load, and a far less forgiving relationship between the electrical layout and the kitchen layout. We plan around which of the two you are, rather than applying one template.
Working inside a managed centre also brings its own choreography: landlord and centre requirements, restricted delivery windows and other trades in the same unit. With M77 junctions 2 and 3 on the edge of the district, getting to site at an awkward hour is at least straightforward from our Paisley base.
Retail units, restaurant units and the back-of-house behind both. Everything is scoped and quoted individually, so the price reflects your unit rather than an average one.

Display and general lighting layouts, plus power for tills, point-of-sale systems and retail equipment.

Electrical supply for fascia signage, window displays and shopfront lighting.

Distribution board installs and upgrades, and dedicated circuits for fixed catering or specialist equipment.

Working alongside shop-fitting contractors, joiners, interior designers, project managers and centre landlords.
Commercial electrical in Pollok →Fit-outs inside a managed retail centre run to someone else's clock. Access windows, out-of-hours working, landlord sign-off and several trades sharing a small unit are normal rather than exceptional, so we agree our slot in the programme early and hold to it. If a date moves, you hear it from us.
We work with independent operators and national chains alike, and we're equally happy on a standalone shop elsewhere in Pollok as on a unit inside a centre. Either way the sequence is the same: see the unit, understand how you'll trade in it, price it properly, then install.
Clear communication from first contact through to certification.
Send your Pollok unit's details, the fit-out programme and any access restrictions.
We confirm the location and talk through what the unit needs.
Arranged where required, alongside your fit-out team and within the centre's access windows.
A written quote, scoped and priced before anything starts.
Work scheduled and completed professionally, with certification issued.
Silverburn is within our Greater Glasgow coverage area, so yes — we're glad to quote for units there, as well as for shops elsewhere in Pollok. Send the unit reference and your programme dates and we'll confirm the next step.
Yes. Food and drink units are a different job from a general retail unit — more fixed equipment on dedicated circuits and a distribution board that has to carry it — and we scope them accordingly.
Where it's planned in advance, yes. Managed centres usually set the access windows, and we build our part of the programme around them.
Both. The approach doesn't change — scope the unit, agree the layout and programme, then work to it.
Yes. We regularly work alongside shop-fitting contractors, joiners, interior designers, project managers and landlords as part of a wider fit-out team.
Yes. Every fit-out is clearly scoped, priced and scheduled in writing before anything starts.
If you're fitting out a retail or restaurant unit at Silverburn or elsewhere in Pollok, contact SJI Electrical to talk it through. Send your programme dates, any access restrictions and the drawings you already have, and we'll confirm how we fit alongside the rest of your team.