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Strata delivers client-focused strategic consulting solutions across Engineering, Industrial, and EPC sectors.
Strata provides comprehensive, client-focused solutions across the energy, industrial, and infrastructure sectors. Driven by the deep expertise of its extended team, Strata integrates engineering rigor, regulatory insight, and full-cycle project execution to help clients manage and optimize existing assets, navigate shifting market conditions, enter new business verticals, adopt emerging technologies, and pursue sustainable growth
Service Areas
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Engineering, Industrial & Business Advisory
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Aboveground Storage Tank & Specialty Vessel Engineering
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Refrigerated & Cryogenic Tank Services
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Fitness for Service Evaluations & Engineering
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Project & Program Management
Why Strata
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Client-Centric Approach: Solutions tailored to each client’s operational, regulatory, and business needs.
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Technical Excellence: Multidisciplinary extended team members with extensive project experience and industry certifications.
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Innovation & Growth: Leadership in advanced materials, and emerging technologies.
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Full Lifecycle Support: From initial concept and design through construction, commissioning, and ongoing asset management.
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Rama Challa is an accomplished engineering and project delivery leader with extensive experience driving large-scale EPC initiatives across the LNG, ammonia, NGL, hydrogen, crude, and refined product storage sectors.
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Rama Challa is an internationally recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) in structural Engineering and storage tanks, with over two decades of leadership in complex EPC, energy, and industrial projects across the United States, Mexico, and Europe. He has successfully delivered multiple first of their kind initiatives, including the largest LNG tanks constructed in the U.S. at the time, the world’s largest post combustion carbon capture plant during its commissioning, and one of the earliest feasibility studies for large-scale liquid hydrogen (LH2) storage exceeding 10,000 cubic meters. His expertise is anchored in technical excellence, regulatory insight, and a proven ability to bridge design innovation with constructability and execution efficiency.
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Rama currently serves as Chair of the API Cryogenic and Refrigerated Tank Standards Committee (API 625, API 626, API 620 Annexures Q and R) and is an active member of the API Subcommittee on Aboveground Storage Tanks (API 650, API 653, API 620, API 2510, API 2610).
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Throughout his career, he has guided complex projects and programs from concept through completion—consistently delivering cost efficiency, schedule discipline, and uncompromised quality.
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His leadership integrates fabrication, construction, and risk mitigation strategies to achieve seamless project outcomes.
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As a strategic advisor and program management executive, Rama has led initiatives that drive operational excellence, business growth, and long-term value creation.
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Known for his ability to build and inspire high-performance teams, he champions innovation, technology adoption, and market expansion across competitive global markets.