ABOUT US
Integrity Heavy Repair ( IHR ) was and is the desire of Brendan “Tex” Nardi and Eric Montpetit who together have over 30 years experience as Truck & Coach, Automotive and Heavy Equipment Technicians.
Both of us had envisioned starting up our own repair shop within the Sault Ste Marie & surrounding area. We have finally been able to achieve our initial goal and set up shop just outside the Soo.
Our goal is to offer top quality service to our customers’ rolling stock, deliver impeccable care to those units and to put our customers needs FIRST. Above all else we will deliver these with the upmost honesty & integrity we can deliver. Our individual upbringings lead us down remarkably similar thought processes when it comes to customer care and doing right by our clients. We strongly believe that a man’s handshake is his word, honesty is the best policy and to walk everyday with integrity. We want to bring that back to our industry!
Eric Montpetit and Brendan Nardi
A little background on INTEGRITY HEAVY REPAIR’s team:
Brendan Nardi
Brendan, or TEX if you wish, was raised on a cattle farm in behind Bruce Mines, ON in Dunn’s Valley. Early on he knew that he wanted to twist wrenches for a living and set forth on that dream. He began working as an apprentice mechanic in Burlington Ontario in 1999 and since that time, has become a licensed 310T technician and was awarded 100% on his Certificate of Qualifications ( One of three in Canada that year ). He has worked for and managed a variety of truck and heavy equipment repair shops and dealerships along the way. He has amassed numerous certificates in the automobile, truck & coach and heavy equipment repair realm. Now, he has set his sights on creating a shop that EVERYONE can be proud of.
Eric Montpetit
Eric grew up in a similar environment, in the small town of Wharncliffe, ON. His love of anything mechanical and the very nature of the automotive sector called to him at an early age. Always wrenching, tearing apart, rebuilding and bringing life back into anything broken or worn out, he has always focused on perfection, cleanliness and determination to get the job done. He finally found his calling and began his Truck and Coach Apprenticeship in 2015. Being the very mechanically inclined individual that he is, along with a vast array of mechanical knowledge and coupled with a desire to succeed, he has excelled in this field greatly. Eric is a well-rounded technician with a variety of mechanical experience with an equaled drive to provide customer and personal satisfaction. A dream to have a shop, that is CUSTOMER driven and to provide a good legacy is what encompasses Eric.
Randy Tichy
Randy comes to us with over 25 years of light to medium duty automotive experience. He has been fully licensed as An Automotive & Heavy Truck technician since 1996. Randy was fascinated by cars, motorcycles and pretty much everything mechanical from very young age. He followed that passion through school knowing what he wanted to do. At 17, he started his apprenticeship in Mississauga and remained at the same shop until receiving his Automotive Technician and Truck & Coach licenses in 1996. Shortly thereafter he decided to explore the world of heavy trucks and trailers. The pull to the automotive sector drew him back. The past 6 years, working in Guelph, Randy amassed a plethora of experience and knowledge by working on classics and hot rods. In July 2021, Randy and his family chose to sell their home in Burlington and move to the great white north and call Sault Ste Marie home. As a close & personal friend of Integrity’s ownership duo for the past 20+ years, we welcome him with open arms. He is a great addition to our FAMILY.
Alison Paterson
Alison Paterson is our office administrator. She grew up in Bruce Mines and went to high school with
both Eric and Brendan. All through high school she took automotive because becoming a mechanic one
day was her dream for years. She had always told her parents she was going to own her own shop one
day and only work on rebuilds and customizing vehicles from the 1930's to 1970's and it would be called
Al's Garage. She always got a big kick out of what peoples faces would be when they would realize a girl
owned and ran the shop.
Closer to the end of high school the pull towards becoming a Veterinarian Technician was that much
greater and that was her chosen path. Alison went on to attend school in Brampton, Ontario and ended
up staying in the greater Toronto area until the death of her father in 2008 brought her back. After the
loss of her father the pull to being back at home for her mother was more then she could bare so she
moved back to Sault Ste Marie.
Alison is a proud single mother of her son Wyatt, and she lives each day to the fullest and provides for
him the best way she can. With her take on life and beliefs she strives to show him all that this world has
to offer and how strong an individual can be with determination and will to succeed.
In her off time, you can find Alison enjoying mother nature and all it has to offer whether it be kayaking,
paddle boarding, 4 wheeling, fishing, hiking, camping etc. If its outdoors and anytime of year, exploring
comes second nature to this girl.
Brad
BORN AND RAISED IN SAULT STE. MARIE. STARTED IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AT THE RIPE AGE OF 14, WORKING ALONG HIS FATHER IN HIS OWN EQUALLY AS WELL-REGARDED SHOP IN THE SOO. WORKING HIS WAY UP TO A COLLEGE DIPLOMA IN MOTIVE POWER TECHNIQUES AND EARNING HIS 310-S RED SEAL LICENSE IN 2021. BRAD IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF EARNING HIS 310-T TRUCK & COACH LICENSE TO BE A DOUBLE THREAT IN THE INDUSTRY.
BEFORE WORKING AT INTEGRITY HEAVY REPAIR, ALONG WITH THE AUTOMOTIVE SHOP IN TOWN, BRAD ALSO HAS EXPERIENCE IN THE MINING INDUSTRY WORKING ON VARIETY OF PICK-UPS, HEAVY TRUCK, LIGHT AND HEAVY DUTY ON SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT AT A REMOTE SITE IN NUNAVUT CANADA.
BRAD LOVES TO HUNT AND FISH, AND IS DEDICATED TO KEEP YOU MOVING, NO MATTER THE CASE.
Evelyn
Meet our resident apprentice, Eveyln. A 2004 born, hard working woman in the trades, born in Sault Ste. Marie, living in Elliot Lake & solidifying her early years there. A few other stops along the way in Southern Ontario, finally returning to the North. As a young lady, she wanted to follow her father’s foot steps as an EMT but then came high school & her first introduction to mechanics. “I fell in love with it” & graduated in 2022. During her high school years, she was fortunate enough to cut her teeth in a small-town shop, where she was bottom of the totem pole, but by the end of high school, was entrusted to take over daily repairs during hunting seasons. She further added to the love of cars & all things mechanical during late night derby car building, fixing sleds, bikes, trucks & anything in between. In 2022, moved to Thessalon to be closer to family and to begin her career at Sault College, graduating in 2024 from the Motive Power Techniques, 2-year program she came to us, full of excitement & more importantly DRIVE to succeed & to learn the trade. A very valuable asset to INTEGRITY HEAVY REPAIR, we look forward to molding this young woman into an amazing future tech.